The Fifth Element
1997France★ 7.63 pt match
Like Close Encounters of the Third Kind, this one is rooted in all-consuming love. The world both films live in revolves around old ways vs. new world. Same energy: whimsical, hopeful, and escalating.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Steven Spielberg★ 7.3
After an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Themes and style
Tone
hopefulhauntingwhimsicalmelancholicsurreal
Pacing
slow burnescalatingdreamlike
Story
journeyunravelinginvestigation
Emotion
all-consuming lovefiguring out who you arebelonginglongingfeeling powerlessloss of innocence
Themes
family dutycorrupt institutionsold ways vs. new worldfamily wounds passed down
Feel
quietly hauntingcerebralrewatchablecatharticdiscussion startercrowd pleaser
Violence
mildWhere to watch
Foreign films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.