Boyhood
2014USA★ 7.53 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on family duty and men and women navigating expectations. Same energy: melancholic, slow burn, and dreamlike.
Eyes Without a Face
Les Yeux sans visage
1960FranceLanguage: frDirected by Georges Franju★ 7.6
Available in English: subtitled
Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.
Themes and style
Tone
hauntingmelancholiccold and detachedsurrealbleak
Pacing
slow burnmethodicaldreamlike
Story
survivalunravelingpursuit
Emotion
guiltall-consuming lovefiguring out who you arefeeling powerlesssacrifice
Themes
men and women navigating expectationsfamily duty
Feel
quietly hauntingcerebraldiscussion starteremotionally wrecking
Violence
graphicWhere to watch
Hollywood films like Eyes Without a Face
If Eyes Without a Face hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Moonlight
2016USA★ 7.43 pt match
Like Eyes Without a Face, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are and all-consuming love. They share the same lens on men and women navigating expectations and family duty. Same energy: melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and dreamlike.
Beasts of the Southern Wild
2012USA★ 6.83 pt match
Both films sit with sacrifice and feeling powerless. They share the same lens on family duty. Same energy: melancholic, haunting, dreamlike, and slow burn.
Nebraska
2013USA★ 7.53 pt match
Like Eyes Without a Face, this one is rooted in figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on family duty. Same energy: melancholic and slow burn.
Boulevard
2014USA★ 5.83 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are and guilt. They share the same lens on men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and methodical.