The Deer Hunter
1978 · War · Michael Cimino · 3h 2m
Three steelworkers from a Pennsylvania town go to Vietnam, and the film spends an hour on the wedding before they leave. Very long, and the middle section is hard to watch.
- Strongly realistic
- Strongly heavy
- Strongly character-driven
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Letters from Iwo Jima
94% alike
2006 · War
The battle for Iwo Jima from inside the Japanese tunnels, following a baker conscripted into the garrison and the general commanding it. Almost all of it underground.
- Strongly heavy
- Strongly realistic
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The Pianist
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2002 · Drama
A Polish radio pianist survives the Warsaw ghetto and then hides alone in the ruins of the city. The second half is almost entirely one man and silence.
- Strongly heavy
- Strongly realistic
- Strongly character-driven
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2025 · Drama
A Palestinian family is followed across three generations, from losing their home in Jaffa in 1948 to life under occupation in the 2020s. It runs long and moves in chapters, staying with the one family.
- Strongly realistic
- Strongly heavy
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