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10 Best Movies Like Melancholia

If you loved Melancholia, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Antichrist

Antichrist

2009★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Melancholia for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to wor...

#2
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Melancholia for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man named Seligman finds a fainted wounded woman in an alley and he brings her home. She tells him that her name is Joe and that she is nymphomaniac. Joe tells her life and sexua...

#3
Dogville

Dogville

2003★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Melancholia for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a ...

#4
Dancer in the Dark

Dancer in the Dark

2000★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Melancholia for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate w...

#5
The House That Jack Built

The House That Jack Built

2018★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Melancholia for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his...

#6
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

2013★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Melancholia for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care....