In the Mood for Love
2000Hong Kong★ 8.16.5 pt match
Tag overlap with Call Me by Your Name across multiple dimensions.
Call Me by Your Name
2017USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Luca Guadagnino★ 8.1
In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholicwarmhauntinghopeful
Pacing
slow burndreamlike
Story
journeyunravelingunraveling
Emotion
all-consuming lovelongingloss of innocencefiguring out who you aregrief
Themes
family wounds passed downcaught between worldsfamily dutymen and women navigating expectations
Feel
quietly hauntingcatharticemotionally wreckingdiscussion starterrewatchable
Violence
noneWhere to watch
Foreign films like Call Me by Your Name
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Call Me by Your Name. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2019France★ 8.16 pt match
What ties these together is all-consuming love, longing, and loss of innocence. They share the same lens on men and women navigating expectations, family duty, and family wounds passed down. Same energy: melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and dreamlike.
Blue Is the Warmest Color
2013France★ 7.15.5 pt match
What ties these together is all-consuming love, figuring out who you are, and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations, family wounds passed down, and caught between worlds. Same energy: melancholic, warm, and slow burn.
A Werewolf Boy
2012South Korea★ 7.75 pt match
What ties these together is longing, all-consuming love, and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down and family duty. Same energy: melancholic, warm, slow burn, and dreamlike.
The Big Blue
1988France★ 7.55 pt match
Both films sit with longing, figuring out who you are, and grief. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down and family duty. Both move the same way too, melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and dreamlike.
Summer of 85
2020France★ 7.45 pt match
What ties these together is all-consuming love, loss of innocence, and grief. They share the same lens on family wounds passed down and men and women navigating expectations. Same energy: melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and dreamlike.
96
2018India★ 7.65 pt match
Both films sit with longing, grief, and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down, family duty, and caught between worlds. The feel is the same: melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and dreamlike.