Movies like Heart of Glass: 20 to watch next
If you loved Heart of Glass (1976) — a drama film directed by Werner Herzog — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Heart of Glass most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like dreams, allegory and hypnosis. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Young One 1960★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Nest 2020★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Zero Theorem 2013★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1977★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
Stream in India on Plex
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Waking Life 2001★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
Waking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like reality, free will, our relationships with others, and the meaning of life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Until the End of the World 1991★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dogville 2003★ 7.7
Shares: Drama
A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a price.
Stream in India on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
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Under the Silver Lake 2018★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to decode the secret behind her disappearance, leading him into the murkiest depths of mystery, scandal and conspiracy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything 2023★ 5.8
Shares: Drama
Set in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Goodbye June 2025★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
Stream in India on Netflix
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I Am Elizabeth Smart 2017★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Effie Gray 2014★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Mouthful of Air 2021★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness caused by her post-partum depression.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Sexy Beast 2001★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Electricity 2014★ 5.8
Shares: Drama
A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hands of Stone 2016★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Requiem for a Dream 2000★ 8.0
Shares: Drama
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Hardball 2001★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Interstate 60 2002★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
An aspiring painter meets various characters and learns valuable lessons while traveling across America.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Rogue Agent 2022★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Zee5, Amazon Prime Video with Ads