Dark Places
2015France★ 5.94 pt match
Both films sit with guilt. The world both films live in revolves around poverty and family duty. The feel is the same: bleak, tense, slow burn, and escalating.
A Simple Plan
1998USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Sam Raimi★ 7.2
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences.
Themes and style
Tone
bleaktensedark comedyquietly devastating
Pacing
slow burnescalatingmethodical
Story
survivalunravelingcon deception
Emotion
guiltparanoialoyalty under pressurefeeling powerless
Themes
class and moneypovertyfamily duty
Feel
gut punchcerebralquietly hauntingdiscussion starterexhausting
Violence
moderateWhere to watch
Foreign films like A Simple Plan
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as A Simple Plan. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru
2016India★ 7.83 pt match
Like A Simple Plan, this one is rooted in guilt and feeling powerless. Both move the same way too, tense, slow burn, and methodical.