<![CDATA[Similar movies to Citizen Kane]]>Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Citizen Kane

Citizen41 — 10 years ago(July 07, 2015 06:16 PM)

Citizen Kane has ruined any pleasure I might have gained from watching movies since I tend to always expect the scene per scene depth that CK has. I'm always expecting either some visually beautiful shots or subtext within the scene but anything I have watched so far has always fallen short of delivering the same amount of material that CK delivers to the viewer.
Can anyone suggest any movies with approximately the same amount of depth that CK has?

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Sharknado.

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Hamlet(1948)

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Anything by Orson Welles. Double Indemnity. The Third Man, which is very similar and even has Welles as an actor.

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"Lawrence of Arabia"; its narrative structure is very similar, it starts with the death of the main charachter and then his life is told in flash back through the point of view of the different people who met him. Like Kane, Lawrence is somewhat of an angel fallen from grace, victim to his own demons and profoundly unhappy inspite of a shiny and glorious appearance.

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The Shining
Chinatown
Strangers on a Train
Paths Of Glory
The Virgin Spring
My vote history
http://www.imdb.com/mymovies/list?l=21237198

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Definitely Ditto on:
All the King's Men (new version)
There Will Be Blood
Also - older version of Great Gatsby
What hump?

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There Will Be Blood and The Social Network.

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1475361https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1475361Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:13:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Similar movies to Citizen Kane on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:13:46 GMT]]>Iwatchondrugs — 10 years ago(September 02, 2015 08:12 PM)

Not very similar but if you want depth try Andrei Tarkovsky's films,
like Andrei Rublev,Stalker or Mirror(Zerkalo).
and Sergei Parajanov's,mainly Sayat Nova and Shadows of our forgotten ancestors.
There's also Lars von Trier,Bela Tarr,Eric Rohmer,Michael Haneke,Taviani Brothers,Terrence Malick,Carlos Reygadas,Krzysztof Kieslowski(Decalogues),Frantisek Vlcil and I find much depth in Kubrick too.
These people make some deep films,but maybe you're looking for a particular similarity to Kane.
and as written above,8 1/2,great film.

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Adolescence of Utena, Vertigo, 8 1/2, Synecdoche New York.
"Citizen Kane" fan, "Frozen" fan, and "Boyhood" fan. 😉

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If you consider that it is a work of fiction but based a a real-life and very powerful man (plus other factors) I would say this film is unique. A great movie also.
I recommend you read the IMDB trivia-
http://www.imdb.com/board/10033467/trivia?ref_=tt_ql_2

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Shawshank Redemption? How? It is a total different Story and doesnt even has the same tone.
There is a TV show called Boss which has some similarities and even pays homage to the Movie by calling the Main character Tom Kane.

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Shawshank Redemption

]]>https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1475356https://filmglance.com/discuss/post/1475356Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:13:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Similar movies to Citizen Kane on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:13:05 GMT]]>Patmratm — 10 years ago(July 08, 2015 08:49 AM)

These are sort of similar:
All the King's Men
Ace in the Hole

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