The Motive
2017Mexico★ 6.26 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are and guilt. Both circle the same ground: class and money and caught between worlds. Both move the same way too, dark comedy, cold and detached, and methodical.
The Social Network
2010USALanguage: EnglishDirected by David Fincher★ 7.4
In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.
Themes and style
Tone
cold and detacheddark comedytensemelancholic
Pacing
relentlessescalatingmethodical
Story
unravelingcompetitioninvestigation
Emotion
figuring out who you areguiltlongingloyalty under pressureragebelonging
Themes
class and moneycorrupt institutionsfamily wounds passed downold ways vs. new worldcaught between worlds
Feel
cerebralrewatchablediscussion startercatharticgut punch
Violence
noneWhere to watch
Foreign films like The Social Network
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as The Social Network. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Breathless
1960France★ 7.53 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are, guilt, and longing. Both circle the same ground: caught between worlds and class and money. The feel is the same: dark comedy, melancholic, and escalating.
Young & Beautiful
2013France★ 6.53 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are, longing, and guilt. The world both films live in revolves around class and money and family wounds passed down. The feel is the same: melancholic, cold and detached, and methodical.
Vivre Sa Vie
1962France★ 7.73 pt match
Both films sit with figuring out who you are and longing. Both circle the same ground: class and money and old ways vs. new world. Same energy: melancholic and cold and detached.
The Headless Woman
2008Argentina★ 6.23 pt match
Tag overlap with The Social Network across multiple dimensions.
