15 Movies Like The Silence of Joan
Loved The Silence of Joan? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Silence of Joan.
De Gaulle: Tilting Iron
June, 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this unknown general flees to London to save what remains of freedom.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Silence of Joan.
The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
D'Artagnan, a spirited young Gascon, is left for dead after trying to save a noblewoman from being kidnapped. Once in Paris, he tries by all means to find his attackers, unaware that his quest will lead him to the very heart of a war where the future of France is at stake. Aided by King's Musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis, he faces the machinations of villainous Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter, while falling in love with Constance, the Queen's confidante.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Silence of Joan.
Benedetta
A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Silence of Joan.
Curiosa
A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th century authors Pierre Louÿs and Marie de Régnier.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Silence of Joan.
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberate her country from its political and religious turmoil. As she reclaims God's diminished kingdom, this courageous young woman has various amazing victories until her violent and untimely death.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Silence of Joan.
Night and Fog
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Silence of Joan.
The Mad Women's Ball
A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles' by Victoria Mas.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Silence of Joan.
Nouvelle Vague
After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, a young Jean-Luc Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He convinces producer Georges de Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, and creates a treatment with fellow New Wave filmmaker François Truffaut about a gangster couple. The result? Breathless, one of the first features of the Nouvelle Vague era of French cinema.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Silence of Joan.
La Vénus électrique
Artist Antoine has lost all inspiration and slipped into alcoholism since the death of his wife Irène, a loss he blames himself for. Suzanne is a penniless sideshow performer pretending to be a clairvoyant, whom Antoine consults in a bid to connect with Irène. Antoine’s dealer Armand, desperate to keep Antoine from falling apart, urges Suzanne to keep the ruse alive. She stages a series of improvised hypnosis sessions, claiming she can channel Irène in exchange for having her debts paid by Armand.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Silence of Joan.
Jeanne du Barry
The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Silence of Joan.
The Round Up
A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Silence of Joan.
Madame Bovary
In 19th-century France, doctor's wife Emma Bovary seeks to escape her dull provincial life through various extramarital affairs and extravagant spending, leading to tragic consequences.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Silence of Joan.
A Trip to the Moon
Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Silence of Joan.
The Old Gun
In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu is a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter in the back country village where Julien has an old castle. One week later, Julien decides to meet them for the week end, but the Germans are already occupying the village.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Silence of Joan.