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Movies like Citizen Kane

Not everyone loves Citizen Kane for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Citizen Kane

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like a 1941 black and white classic.

  2. You like deep shots where the background matters as much as the face in front.

  3. You like chasing the meaning of one word, Rosebud.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • The Elephant Man1980

    • deep shots where the background matters as much as the face in front

    Good for you if you love David Lynch's black and white images.

  • The Godfather Part II1974

      Good for you if you like a long, patient tragedy.

    • Mr. Robot2015

        Good for you if you like piecing together a hacking plot against the giant E Corp.

      • The Wire2002

          Good for you if you like seeing how police, politics and schools keep a city stuck.

        • The Social Network2010

            Good for you if you like people talking fast and cutting each other down.

          • 12 Angry Men1957

              Good for you if you like a film carried by argument, one juror against eleven.

            • There Will Be Blood2007

                Good for you if you like watching Daniel Day-Lewis disappear into a ruthless oil man.

              • The Irishman2019

                  Good for you if you like a slow, reflective gangster story.

                • The Crown2016

                    Good for you if you like the second half of the 20th century seen from inside Buckingham Palace.

                  • Station Eleven2021

                      Good for you if you like being moved by what people keep from the world they lost.

                    • Schindler's List1993

                      • deep shots where the background matters as much as the face in front

                      Good for you if you like striking black and white images, and a little girl in a red coat you won't forget.

                    • Predestination2014

                        Good for you if you like the floor dropping out from under you more than once.

                      • The Seventh Seal1957

                        • deep shots where the background matters as much as the face in front

                        Good for you if you like black and white images that stay with you, like the dance of death on the hill.

                      • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb1964

                        • a 1941 black and white classic

                        Good for you if you like a black and white Kubrick classic.

                      • Big Little Lies2017

                        • chasing the meaning of one word, Rosebud

                        Good for you if you like knowing someone died at trivia night but not who.

                      Reasons taken from Citizen Kane's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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