Casablanca poster

Casablanca

1942USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Michael Curtiz★ 8.1

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Themes and style

Tone
melancholichauntingwarmtense
Pacing
slow burnescalating
Story
escapepursuitreunioncon deception
Emotion
all-consuming lovesacrificelongingloyalty under pressureguiltredemption
Themes
life under oppressionnational identitycaught between worldsclass and moneycorrupt institutionscolonial history
Feel
catharticquietly hauntingrewatchablecrowd pleaserdiscussion starter
Violence
mild

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Foreign films like Casablanca

These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Casablanca. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.

Always poster

Always

2011South Korea★ 7.84 pt match

Like Casablanca, this one is rooted in all-consuming love, longing, and redemption. Both circle the same ground: class and money. The feel is the same: melancholic, warm, and slow burn.

Three Steps Above Heaven poster

Three Steps Above Heaven

2010Spain★ 7.74 pt match

What ties these together is all-consuming love. Both circle the same ground: class and money. Both move the same way too, melancholic, warm, escalating, and slow burn.

A Werewolf Boy poster

A Werewolf Boy

2012South Korea★ 7.73.5 pt match

Like Casablanca, this one is rooted in longing and all-consuming love. The world both films live in revolves around class and money. The feel is the same: melancholic, warm, slow burn, and escalating.