The Revenant
2015USA★ 7.54.5 pt match
What ties these together is rage, guilt, and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around class and money. Same energy: bleak, brutal, and escalating.
Caligula
Caligola
1979ItalyLanguage: itDirected by Tinto Brass★ 6
Available in English: subtitled
After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.
Themes and style
Tone
bleakdark comedybrutalsurrealchaoticcold and detached
Pacing
erraticescalatingepisodic
Story
unravelingsurvivalrebellion
Emotion
figuring out who you arerageall-consuming loveguiltparanoialoss of innocence
Themes
corrupt institutionslife under oppressionmen and women navigating expectationsclass and money
Feel
exhaustingdiscussion startercerebralgut punch
Violence
extremeWhere to watch
Hollywood films like Caligula
If Caligula hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Whiplash
2014USA★ 8.43 pt match
Like Caligula, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are, loss of innocence, and all-consuming love. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions, men and women navigating expectations, and class and money. Both move the same way too, bleak, brutal, and escalating.
12 Years a Slave
2013USA★ 7.93 pt match
Like Caligula, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are, loss of innocence, and rage. The world both films live in revolves around class and money, life under oppression, and corrupt institutions. Both move the same way too, bleak, brutal, and escalating.
