Jab Tak Hai Jaan
2012India★ 76 pt match
What ties these together is all-consuming love, longing, and grief. They share the same lens on religion and faith and caught between worlds. Both move the same way too, melancholic, slow burn, and episodic.
Brokeback Mountain
2005USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Ang Lee★ 7.8
In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholichauntingbleakquietly devastating
Pacing
slow burnepisodicdreamlikemethodical
Story
unravelingreunionjourney
Emotion
longingall-consuming lovegriefshamefiguring out who you areguiltfeeling powerlessloss of innocence
Themes
men and women navigating expectationscaught between worldsfamily wounds passed downfamily dutylife under oppressionreligion and faith
Feel
emotionally wreckingquietly hauntingcatharticdiscussion starter
Violence
moderateWhere to watch
Foreign films like Brokeback Mountain
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Brokeback Mountain. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Adoration
2013France★ 6.15.5 pt match
What ties these together is longing, all-consuming love, and figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on men and women navigating expectations, family wounds passed down, and family duty. Same energy: melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and dreamlike.
Cyrano de Bergerac
1990France★ 7.35.5 pt match
Both films sit with all-consuming love, longing, and shame. They share the same lens on men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, melancholic, haunting, episodic, and slow burn.
Veer-Zaara
2004India★ 7.45.5 pt match
What ties these together is all-consuming love and longing. The world both films live in revolves around caught between worlds, life under oppression, and family duty. The feel is the same: melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and episodic.
My Fault
2023Spain★ 7.75.5 pt match
Like Brokeback Mountain, this one is rooted in all-consuming love and figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on family duty and family wounds passed down. Same energy: episodic.
I Want You
2012Spain★ 7.55.5 pt match
Like Brokeback Mountain, this one is rooted in longing, grief, and all-consuming love. Both circle the same ground: family wounds passed down and family duty. Both move the same way too, melancholic and slow burn.
Talk to Her
2002Spain★ 7.65.5 pt match
What ties these together is all-consuming love, grief, and longing. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations and family duty. Both move the same way too, melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and methodical.
Suite Française
2015France★ 7.25 pt match
What ties these together is all-consuming love, longing, and feeling powerless. The world both films live in revolves around life under oppression, men and women navigating expectations, and family duty. Both move the same way too, melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and methodical.