Days of Being Wild
1990Hong Kong★ 7.37.5 pt match
Tag overlap with Moonlight across multiple dimensions.
Moonlight
2016USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Barry Jenkins★ 7.4
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.
Themes and style
Tone
melancholichauntingquietly devastatinghopefulwarm
Pacing
slow burnepisodicdreamlike
Story
unravelingjourney
Emotion
figuring out who you arelongingbelongingshameloss of innocenceall-consuming love
Themes
povertyfamily wounds passed downmen and women navigating expectationscaught between worldsfamily dutyclass and money
Feel
emotionally wreckingquietly hauntingcatharticdiscussion startercerebral
Violence
moderateWhere to watch
Foreign films like Moonlight
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Moonlight. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
The Truth About Emanuel
2013Mexico★ 66.5 pt match
Like Moonlight, this one is rooted in all-consuming love, figuring out who you are, and longing. They share the same lens on family wounds passed down and family duty. Both move the same way too, melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and dreamlike.
Pain and Glory
2019Spain★ 7.46 pt match
What ties these together is longing, figuring out who you are, and all-consuming love. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down, class and money, and caught between worlds. The feel is the same: melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and dreamlike.
The Hand of God
2021Italy★ 7.56 pt match
Like Moonlight, this one is rooted in loss of innocence, figuring out who you are, and longing. The world both films live in revolves around family duty, family wounds passed down, and caught between worlds. Same energy: melancholic, warm, slow burn, and episodic.
Pather Panchali
1955India★ 7.86 pt match
Both films sit with longing, loss of innocence, and belonging. The world both films live in revolves around poverty, class and money, and family wounds passed down. The feel is the same: melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and episodic.
