Tar
2022USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Todd Field★ 7.1
As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.
Themes and style
Tone
cold and detachedtensemelancholichauntingquietly devastatingbleak
Pacing
slow burnmethodicalescalating
Story
unravelinginvestigation
Emotion
guiltfiguring out who you areshameparanoiaall-consuming lovefeeling powerless
Themes
men and women navigating expectationscorrupt institutionsclass and moneylife under oppressionfamily wounds passed down
Feel
cerebralquietly hauntingdiscussion starteremotionally wreckingrewatchableexhaustinggut punch
Violence
suggestiveWhere to watch
Foreign films like Tar
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Tar. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
The Motive
2017Mexico★ 6.25 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are, all-consuming love, and guilt. Both circle the same ground: class and money and men and women navigating expectations. The feel is the same: cold and detached, haunting, slow burn, and methodical.
Elle
2016France★ 6.64.5 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are, paranoia, and guilt. They share the same lens on men and women navigating expectations, class and money, and family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, cold and detached, tense, methodical, and slow burn.
Young & Beautiful
2013France★ 6.54.5 pt match
What ties these together is figuring out who you are, shame, and guilt. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations, class and money, and family wounds passed down. Same energy: melancholic, cold and detached, slow burn, and methodical.
Human Capital
2013France★ 7.44.5 pt match
Both films sit with guilt, figuring out who you are, and shame. Both circle the same ground: class and money, family wounds passed down, and corrupt institutions. Same energy: bleak, melancholic, methodical, and slow burn.
The Skin I Live In
2011Spain★ 7.54.5 pt match
Like Tar, this one is rooted in all-consuming love, figuring out who you are, and guilt. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations, corrupt institutions, and class and money. Same energy: cold and detached, haunting, slow burn, and methodical.
Bad Education
2004Spain★ 7.44.5 pt match
Both films sit with guilt, figuring out who you are, and all-consuming love. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions, men and women navigating expectations, and family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, melancholic, haunting, slow burn, and methodical.
Il Divo
2008Italy★ 7.64.5 pt match
Like Tar, this one is rooted in guilt, paranoia, and shame. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions, life under oppression, and class and money. The feel is the same: cold and detached, haunting, methodical, and escalating.