Minimal Dialogue Movies
by DukeEman | created - 17 May 2011 | updated - 1 week ago | PublicMovies with minimal dialogue to tell a story (no silent movies, well maybe one or two for very good reasons.) I'm sure there are more movies out there, but I can't think of them at the moment. (Listed alphabetically.)
- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. The Aerial (2007)
99 min | Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
This near-silent black and white film from Argentina tells the story of a city that has lost its voice, stolen by Mr. TV, and the attempts of a small family to win the voice back. Similar in design to early German expressionist films.
Director: Esteban Sapir | Stars: Alejandro Urdapilleta, Valeria Bertuccelli, Julieta Cardinali, Rafael Ferro
Votes: 4,604
An almost silent film, but good use of subtitles in a world of silence…
2. Alice (1988)
Not Rated | 86 min | Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
A surrealistic revision of Alice in Wonderland.
Director: Jan Svankmajer | Stars: Kristýna Kohoutová, Camilla Power
Votes: 13,985
Surreal piece from the master of live-animation.
3. Alaska (1989)
45 min | Drama, Thriller
A slaughterhouse worker appears to be romantically involved with his boss's wife. They plan to leave the country together, but at the airport she waits for him in vain. Slowly but surely ... See full summary »
Director: Mike van Diem | Stars: Willem Nijholt, Maeve van der Steen, Coen van Vrijberghe de Coningh, Mauricio Rubinstein
Votes: 106
A little gem with hardly any dialogue.
4. All Is Lost (2013)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.
Director: J.C. Chandor | Star: Robert Redford
Votes: 83,815 | Gross: $6.26M
Silence in the great wide ocean...
5. Ammonite (2020)
R | 117 min | Drama, History, Romance
1840s England, acclaimed but overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning and a young woman sent to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship, altering both of their lives forever.
Director: Francis Lee | Stars: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, James McArdle
Votes: 23,335
Winslet and Ronin just need to look into each others eyes without having to say much...
6. Another Forever (2016)
72 min | Drama
You know the moment when your sorrow is so profound that you can't help but imagine yourself somewhere far away... this is the story of someone who did more than just imagine.
Director: Juan Zapata | Stars: Daniela Escobar, Marlon Moreno, Peter Ketnath, Barbara Scolaro
Votes: 510
A journey through love, loss and rediscovery...
7. Ariel (1988)
Not Rated | 72 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A Finnish man goes to the city to find a job after the mine where he worked is closed and his father commits suicide.
Director: Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Turo Pajala, Susanna Haavisto, Matti Pellonpää, Eetu Hilkamo
Votes: 8,321
Aki Kaurismäki is a director who doesn't like his characters talking too much…
8. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
R | 160 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Robert Ford, who has idolized Jesse James since childhood, tries hard to join the resurgent gang of the Missouri outlaw, but gradually becomes resentful of the bandit leader.
Director: Andrew Dominik | Stars: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Shepard, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 192,794 | Gross: $3.90M
There are words, and then there are moments of brilliant silence...
9. The Assistant (III) (2019)
R | 87 min | Drama
A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
Director: Kitty Green | Stars: Julia Garner, Owen Holland, Jon Orsini, Rory Kulz
Votes: 26,162
Kitty Green manages to tell the story without relying on narrative dialogue, instead stringing together scenes depicting the torment of an assistant under duress from an office brute...
10. Atlantis (I) (1991)
TV-PG | 78 min | Documentary, Music
Atmospheric soundtrack follows this compilation of nature footage that focuses on the ocean and various life forms that live, mate and die in it.
Director: Luc Besson
Votes: 1,957 | Gross: $0.14M
Besson underwater.
11. Badlands (1973)
PG | 94 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An impressionable teenage girl from a dead-end town, and her older greaser boyfriend, embark on a killing spree in the South Dakota Badlands.
Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates, Ramon Bieri
Votes: 78,378
Somehow Malick's films do have plenty of dialogue, but they seem to be minimal because his style of shooting lends itself to the long landscape shots his characters are caught up in…
12. The Bear (1988)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Tchéky Karyo, Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear, Jack Wallace
Votes: 19,084 | Gross: $31.75M
No talking animals here…
13. The Black Stallion (1979)
G | 118 min | Adventure, Family, Sport
After being shipwrecked with a magnificent horse off the coast of Africa in the 1940s, a boy bonds with the stallion, and trains him to race after their rescue.
Director: Carroll Ballard | Stars: Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse
Votes: 14,039
Ballard understands nature and the language of silence it speaks…
14. Snow White (2012)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy
A twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.
Director: Pablo Berger | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Emilio Gavira, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Ángela Molina
Votes: 11,636 | Gross: $0.28M
Who needs sound in this day and age when you have creative filmmakers who can tell a story visually...
15. The Brown Bunny (2003)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Professional motorcycle racer Bud Clay heads from New Hampshire to California to race again. Along the way he meets various needy women who provide him with the cure to his own loneliness, but only a certain woman from his past will truly satisfy him.
Director: Vincent Gallo | Stars: Vincent Gallo, Chloë Sevigny, Cheryl Tiegs, Elizabeth Blake
Votes: 16,608 | Gross: $0.37M
Gallo doesn't need to say much…
16. Cast Away (2000)
PG-13 | 143 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A FedEx executive undergoes a physical and emotional transformation after crash landing on a deserted island.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Paul Sanchez, Lari White
Votes: 638,586 | Gross: $233.63M
Hanks in a silent world of survival…
17. Child of God (2013)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A dispossessed, violent man's disastrous attempt to exist outside the social order.
Director: James Franco | Stars: Scott Haze, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack, Steve Hunter
Votes: 4,395 | Gross: $0.04M
A deranged World according to a homeless necrophiliac...
18. The Color of Pomegranates (1969)
Not Rated | 79 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of the Armenian poet Sayat-Nova, from childhood to death: his spiritual journey, artistic endeavors, and inner conflicts within the cultural and historical context of Armenia. Hailed as revolutionary by Mikhail Vartanov.
Director: Sergei Parajanov | Stars: Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan, Gogi Gegechkori
Votes: 13,545
A visual poem about a poet's life full of stunning framing compositions and art direction, but let down by the lack of mood lighting...
19. Cyclo (1995)
123 min | Crime, Drama
When a poor bicycle-taxi driver has his cyclo stolen, he is forced into a life of crime. Meanwhile, his sister becomes a sex worker.
Director: Anh Hung Tran | Stars: Le Van Loc, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Nu Yên-Khê Tran, Quynh Nhu
Votes: 5,488 | Gross: $0.08M
Anh Hung Tran is a master in telling his stories with stunning images.
20. A Cop (1972)
PG | 98 min | Crime, Thriller
After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve, Riccardo Cucciolla
Votes: 10,744 | Gross: $0.05M
The silent heist. Melville is the king of minimal dialogue.
21. A Heart in Winter (1992)
105 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Stéphane is an emotionally distant but professionally dedicated violin restorer whose cold heart is tested when his employer's new girlfriend, a beautiful violinist, falls for him.
Director: Claude Sautet | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Béart, André Dussollier, Elizabeth Bourgine
Votes: 10,646 | Gross: $1.67M
Great use of dialogue without being too obvious in the underlying art of emotional suppression of love & lust!
22. Iceman (2017)
Not Rated | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
The Ötztal Alps, more than 5300 years ago. A Neolithic clan has settled near a creek. It is their leader Kelab's responsibility to be the keeper of the group's holy shrine Tineka. While Kelab is hunting, the settlement is attacked.
Director: Felix Randau | Stars: Jürgen Vogel, André Hennicke, Susanne Wuest, Sabin Tambrea
Votes: 2,934 | Gross: $0.00M
It seems like revenge has been around for thousands of years as depicted in this intriguing account of a hunter chasing down the killers of his family, plus they did more grunting back then...
23. The Last Battle (1983)
R | 92 min | Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic future where no one is able to speak, the few remaining humans fight over resources in order to survive.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Pierre Jolivet, Jean Bouise, Jean Reno, Fritz Wepper
Votes: 6,555
Amazing debut from Besson.
24. $ (1971)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A bank security expert plots with a call girl to rob three safety deposit boxes containing $1.5 million in cash belonging to three very different criminals from a high-tech security bank in Hamburg, Germany.
Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Gert Fröbe, Robert Webber
Votes: 2,885 | Gross: $4.40M
Caper films are perfect for minimal dialogue and Brooks has fun with this.
25. The Driver (1978)
R | 91 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A getaway driver becomes the latest assignment for a tenacious detective.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Adjani, Ronee Blakley
Votes: 19,420 | Gross: $4.91M
Walter Hill's action thriller masterpiece where the driving does all the talking...
26. Earwig (2021)
114 min | Drama, Horror
A 50-year-old caretaker is employed to look after 10-year-old girl. His most important task is to maintain her dentures that are made of ice and must be changed several times a day.
Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic | Stars: Paul Hilton, Romane Hemelaers, Romola Garai, Alex Lawther
Votes: 1,497
Hadzihalilovic's strange and mysterious world for the thinking person and beyond in this surreal dark treat that seems to go nowhere with its minimilist, but when digging deep, you'll will be rewarded...
27. Elephant (2003)
R | 81 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Elias McConnell, Alex Frost, Eric Deulen, John Robinson
Votes: 97,235 | Gross: $1.23M
The kids are not alright…
28. Fu sheng (1996)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
An aging Hong Kong couple move to Australia with their two youngest sons. They stay with a daughter who has already begun a successful career. Meanwhile their eldest daughter lives in ... See full summary »
Director: Clara Law | Stars: Annette Shun Wah, Annie Yip, Anthony Brandon Wong, Edwin Pang
Votes: 308
It has some dialogue but a string of strong images are constructed to tell a powerful story of searching for a place to call home; hence the title.
29. The Fiances (1963)
Not Rated | 77 min | Drama
Despite his fiancee's reluctance, a young man moves to Sicily for a better job, but soon starts questioning his decision.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Anna Canzi, Carlo Cabrini
Votes: 2,301
Another human observational classic from Olmi.
30. Gerry (2002)
R | 103 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A friendship between two young men is tested when they go for a hike in a desert and forget to bring any water or food with them.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Casey Affleck, Matt Damon
Votes: 19,702 | Gross: $0.24M
The desert is a silent world…
31. A Ghost Story (2017)
R | 92 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.
Director: David Lowery | Stars: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, McColm Cephas Jr., Kenneisha Thompson
Votes: 79,624 | Gross: $1.60M
An artful WTF piece on the human existence and its purpose with a surreal cheeky approach that works a treat if you are in no hurry...
32. Ekspres, Ekspres (1995)
76 min | Drama
After his father's death, a young man (Gregor Bakovic) uses the black mourning flag and sews himself a pair of trousers. He then takes a train trip and meets a variety of bizarre characters... See full summary »
Director: Igor Sterk | Stars: Gregor Bakovic, Barbara Cerar, Istok Alidic, Ivo Barisic
Votes: 250
Delightful piece of cinema story telling.
33. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Approved | 178 min | Adventure, Western
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè
Votes: 811,107 | Gross: $6.10M
It's all about the stares…
34. Ida (2013)
PG-13 | 82 min | Drama
A novice nun about to take her vows uncovers a family secret dating back to the German occupation.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik, Jerzy Trela
Votes: 60,700 | Gross: $3.83M
Brilliant use of black and white in a creative 4:3 frame, and the story itself is also unique without having to use too many words...
35. The Illusionist (2010)
PG | 80 min | Animation, Drama, Fantasy
A French illusionist finds himself out of work and travels to Scotland, where he meets a young woman. Their ensuing adventure changes both their lives forever.
Director: Sylvain Chomet | Stars: Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin, Duncan MacNeil, Raymond Mearns
Votes: 36,519 | Gross: $2.23M
Tati in animation form is a real treat...
36. It Is in Us All (2022)
92 min | Drama
A formidable man who cares for nothing is forced to confront his self-destructive core when a violent car crash involving a sexually charged boy who epitomizes life, challenges him to face his truth.
Director: Antonia Campbell-Hughes | Stars: Cosmo Jarvis, Rhys Mannion, Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Lalor Roddy
Votes: 420
Bleak and creative look into a lost mind and wandering soul...
37. Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Not Rated | 202 min | Drama
A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores, takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. However, something happens that changes her safe routine.
Director: Chantal Akerman | Stars: Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Votes: 13,888 | Gross: $0.02M
38. Ju Dou (1990)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Romance
In rural China, the young bride of a tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business finds temporary solace in the arms of her husband's nephew, but problems arise when she becomes pregnant.
Directors: Yimou Zhang, Fengliang Yang | Stars: Gong Li, Wei Li, Baotian Li, Zhang Yi
Votes: 9,018 | Gross: $1.99M
Erotic images.
39. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music
A collection of expertly photographed phenomena with no conventional plot. The footage focuses on the relationship between nature, humanity, and technology.
Director: Godfrey Reggio | Stars: Edward Asner, Pat Benatar, Jerry Brown, Johnny Carson
Votes: 41,471 | Gross: $1.72M
Okay, it's just music, but with 90 minutes of pure intense images of beauty and destruction.
40. Land (I) (2021)
PG-13 | 89 min | Adventure, Drama
Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world and retreats to the wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.
Director: Robin Wright | Stars: Robin Wright, Demián Bichir, Sarah Dawn Pledge, Kim Dickens
Votes: 15,866
Robin Wright takes some time out in the silent wilderness...
41. The Last Laugh (1924)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama
An aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel.
Director: F.W. Murnau | Stars: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller, Emilie Kurz
Votes: 15,203 | Gross: $0.09M
Classic silent movie but without those dialogue cards!
42. Life on a String (1991)
110 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A blind man's master told him that after he has broken 1000 strings on his Banjo, he can open the Banjo to get a script for his eyes. After 60 years he broke the 1000th string...
Director: Kaige Chen | Stars: Zhongyuan Liu, Lei Huang, Qing Xu, Yao Er Ga
Votes: 705
For some reason I can't remember too much dialogue in this but only recall strong images...
43. Limbo (II) (2023)
108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
'Limbo' follows the investigation of a twenty year-old outback cold case murder by jaded detective Travis Hurley.
Director: Ivan Sen | Stars: Simon Baker, Rob Collins, Natasha Wanganeen, Nicholas Hope
Votes: 1,582
Ivan Sen creates a meditative black and white ambiguous thriller, very reminiscent of Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger and The Red Desert, with mystic landscape sounds of Coober Pedy and characters lost in vacant long shots of the outback desert...
44. The Long Day Closes (1992)
PG | 85 min | Biography, Drama
A lyrical reverie about a young Liverpool boy coming of age in the 1950s among his loving family and the austere Catholic Church as he enters the rigors of school, nurtures a bedazzled love of the movies and longs for companionship.
Director: Terence Davies | Stars: Leigh McCormack, Marjorie Yates, Anthony Watson, Nicholas Lamont
Votes: 3,995 | Gross: $0.16M
Terence Davis knows how to tell a story without being too loud.
45. Los Muertos (2004)
78 min | Drama
Vargas, a 54 year old man, gets out of jail in the prvince of Corrientes, Argentina. Once released, he wants to find his now adult daughter, who lives in a swampy and remote area. To get ... See full summary »
Director: Lisandro Alonso | Stars: Argentino Vargas, Francisco Dornez, Yolanda Galarza, Víctor Varela
Votes: 1,204
Another pick from Lucas Vinicius...
46. Night of Fear (1973)
54 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Insane sadistic hermit stalks and captures those who get lost in his part of the woods. A young woman whose car broke down is about to find out what he does with them next.
Director: Terry Bourke | Stars: Norman Yemm, Carla Hoogeveen, Mike Dorsey, Briony Behets
Votes: 656
What I admire about this film is the lack of dialogue, so there was no Aussie twang to cringe about. The effective campy horror suspense music with the wild and sometimes abstract editing made this silly slasher more engrossing...
47. A Man Escaped (1956)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Thriller, War
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from a German prison in France.
Director: Robert Bresson | Stars: François Leterrier, Charles Le Clainche, Maurice Beerblock, Roland Monod
Votes: 24,992
Bresson, the master cinema story teller.
48. Malaventura (I) (2011)
66 min | Adventure, Drama
Tracking an old man through the streets, bars, porn cinemas, and taco-joints of Mexico City on what might be the pensioner's last day on Earth.
Director: Michel Lipkes | Stars: Enrique Arias, Graciela Castillo, Payaso Clavito, Urbano Cruz
Votes: 89
A silent day in the life of an elderly man who roams the streets on New Mexico…
49. Meek's Cutoff (2010)
PG | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Settlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano, Will Patton
Votes: 15,220 | Gross: $0.98M
As recommended by phil-253 and worth the viewing...
50. Millennium Mambo (2001)
R | 119 min | Drama, Romance
The ethereally beautiful Vicky recalls her romances with Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Shu Qi, Jack Kao, Chun-hao Tuan, Jun Takeuchi
Votes: 6,753 | Gross: $0.01M
Hsiao-Hsien Hou seems to be a director of few words...
51. Moebius (2013)
Unrated | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
A father driven into desire, a son coveting that of his father's and the sorrowful maternity that hovers them into tragedy.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Cho Jae-hyun, Seo Yeong-ju, Lee Na-ra, Na Chul
Votes: 6,562
Cheeky non-dialouge film from Kim Ki-duk…
52. My Uncle (1958)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy
Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.
Director: Jacques Tati | Stars: Jacques Tati, Jean-Pierre Zola, Adrienne Servantie, Lucien Frégis
Votes: 24,246
I can't put all of Jacques Tati films, but this is at the top of my list.
53. Mute Witness (1995)
R | 95 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A mute make-up artist working on a slasher movie being shot in Moscow, is locked in the studio after hours. While there, she witnesses a brutal murder, and must escape capture.
Director: Anthony Waller | Stars: Marina Zudina, Fay Ripley, Evan Richards, Oleg Yankovskiy
Votes: 6,665 | Gross: $1.20M
And mute it shall remain...
54. The Naked Island (1960)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.
Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama, Shinji Tanaka, Masanori Horimoto
Votes: 6,181
A Shindo classic with no dialogue…
55. Never Cry Wolf (1983)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Drama
A government researcher, sent to research the "menace" of wolves in the north, learns about the true beneficial and positive nature of the species.
Director: Carroll Ballard | Stars: Charles Martin Smith, Brian Dennehy, Zachary Ittimangnaq, Samson Jorah
Votes: 8,783 | Gross: $29.60M
Superb observation on human verses nature.
56. Nowhere (II) (2023)
TV-MA | 109 min | Drama, Thriller
A young pregnant woman named Mia escapes from a country at war by hiding in a maritime container aboard a cargo ship. After a violent storm, Mia gives birth to her child while lost at sea, where she must fight to survive.
Director: Albert Pintó | Stars: Anna Castillo, Tamar Novas, Tony Corvillo, Mariam Torres
Votes: 35,517
A future world of human space shortage where pregnancy and children are a burden on society, so Mia goes on the run and finds herself in the middle of the ocean in a floating shipping container that has you on edge as the game of survival begins - with a new born in tow...
57. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
PG-13 | 166 min | Western
A mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.
Director: Sergio Leone | Stars: Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jason Robards
Votes: 349,062 | Gross: $5.32M
Just the opening scene is a classic.
58. Postman (1995)
102 min | Drama
Xiao Dou "Feng Yuanzheng" is a shy and naive mail worker. When a coworker is fired for reading people's correspondences he takes over the same mail route. He soon finds himself in the same curiosity, eventually developing an obsession.
Director: Jianjun He | Stars: Yuanzheng Feng, Danni Liang, Jue Chen, Zhixing Ge
Votes: 195
Chinese filmmaker's are masters of minimal dialogue.
59. Il posto (1961)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
Bursting with big dreams and plans, an Italian teen goes to Milan to work in a big impersonal corporate office, where he becomes disillusioned and drained of all his individualism.
Director: Ermanno Olmi | Stars: Sandro Panseri, Loredana Detto, Corrado Aprile, Guido Chiti
Votes: 6,738 | Gross: $0.01M
The life of a young simple postman beautifully captured by Olmi.
60. A Quiet Place (2018)
PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A family struggles for survival in a world where most humans have been killed by blind but noise-sensitive creatures. They are forced to communicate in sign language to keep the creatures at bay.
Director: John Krasinski | Stars: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe
Votes: 583,468 | Gross: $188.02M
Quiet alright, with a cat and mouse game of the scary kind with a brilliant idea that was executed perfectly...
61. Quest for Fire (1981)
R | 100 min | Adventure, Drama
This story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud | Stars: Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong
Votes: 24,122 | Gross: $20.96M
Nice to see that there was no dialogue used in this, cause there really wasn't any back then.
62. Red Sorghum (1988)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, History, Romance
When a leprous winery owner in 1930s China dies a few days after his arranged marriage, his young widow is forced to run the winery to make a living while contending with bandits, her drunkard lover, and the invading Japanese army.
Director: Yimou Zhang | Stars: Gong Li, Wen Jiang, Rujun Teng, Ji Liu
Votes: 9,872
Zhang Yimou at his finest.
63. The Runner (1984)
Not Rated | 94 min | Drama
After enrolling in a school, an impoverished boy finds conflict with his classmates and decides to compete to earn their respect.
Director: Amir Naderi | Stars: Madjid Niroumand, Abbas Nazeri, Musa Torkizadeh
Votes: 2,336
The life of an Iranian street kid caught by the visual beauty of storytelling.
64. Samson & Delilah (II) (2009)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance
A glue-sniffing boy and his girlfriend escape the government-controlled no-hope Aboriginal community they live in and go to the city, Alice Springs, looking for a better life.
Director: Warwick Thornton | Stars: Rowan McNamara, Marissa Gibson, Mitjili Napanangka Gibson, Scott Thornton
Votes: 3,763
Powerful, depressing but rewarding...
65. The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb (1993)
Unrated | 60 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A boy born the size of a small doll is kidnapped by a genetic lab and must find a way back to his father in this inventive adventure filmed using stop motion animation techniques. Tom meets... See full summary »
Director: Dave Borthwick | Stars: Nick Upton, Deborah Collard, Frank Passingham, John Schofield
Votes: 1,620 | Gross: $0.07M
A dark silent world.
66. Sidewalk Stories (1989)
R | 97 min | Comedy
Nearly silent comedy filmed in black and white follows a street artist (Charles Lane), who rescues a baby after her father was murdered. The artist then sets off to find the mother, but has... See full summary »
Director: Charles Lane | Stars: Charles Lane, Nicole Alysia, Tom Alpern, Edwin Anthony
Votes: 542 | Gross: $0.13M
A homage to Chaplin.
67. The Silence (1963)
R | 96 min | Drama
Two estranged sisters, Ester and Anna, and Anna's 10-year-old son travel to the Central European country on the verge of war. Ester becomes seriously ill and the three of them move into a hotel in a small town called Timoka.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom, Birger Malmsten, Håkan Jahnberg
Votes: 21,339
Bergman does just that.
68. Silent Movie (1976)
Passed | 87 min | Comedy
A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, Marty Feldman, Dom DeLuise, Sid Caesar
Votes: 18,486 | Gross: $36.15M
Yes, its a silent movie, but made during the talkies, and made by Mel Brooks.
69. Sisu (2022)
R | 91 min | Action, War
When an ex-soldier who discovers gold in the Lapland wilderness tries to take the loot into the city, German soldiers led by a brutal SS officer battle him.
Director: Jalmari Helander | Stars: Jorma Tommila, Aksel Hennie, Jack Doolan, Mimosa Willamo
Votes: 75,817
Far-fetched and exhilarating as one loner (who hardly says a word) takes on a Nazi regiment in breathtaking comic book battles that has you cheering in the most sadistic way...
70. The Skin of the Wolf (2017)
TV-14 | 110 min | Drama
A highlander that lives alone in the mountains buys a wife to relieve his loneliness.
Director: Samu Fuentes | Stars: Mario Casas, Irene Escolar, Ruth Díaz, Kandido Uranga
Votes: 3,553
An intriguing observational piece in a stunning remote location but they chose the wrong protagonist...
71. Sofie (1992)
146 min | Drama
From 1886 to 1907 in the life of Sofie, a Jew in Copenhagen who is nearly 29, with no marital prospects, living with her loving parents. An artist, Hans Hojby, meets Sofie and is entranced,... See full summary »
Director: Liv Ullmann | Stars: Karen-Lise Mynster, Erland Josephson, Ghita Nørby, Jesper Christensen
Votes: 241 | Gross: $0.29M
Ulmann follows in the steps of master filmmaker Bergman.
72. Solaris (1972)
PG | 167 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy
Votes: 98,245
Images are enough.
73. Somewhere (2010)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After withdrawing to the Chateau Marmont, a passionless Hollywood actor reexamines his life when his eleven-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Chris Pontius, Erin Wasson
Votes: 46,697 | Gross: $1.77M
There is some dialogue, but not for plot purposes. All the emotions are emoted through the strong images.
74. Spirits of the Air: Gremlins of the Clouds (1987)
96 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Brother and sister endure alone together in a post-apocalyptic Outback until the sudden arrival of a stranger.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Michael Lake, Melissa Davis, Norman Boyd, Rhys Davis
Votes: 783
Proyas' dark silent world in outback Australia...
75. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)
G | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.
Directors: Kelly Asbury, Lorna Cook | Stars: Matt Damon, James Cromwell, Daniel Studi, Chopper Bernet
Votes: 85,335 | Gross: $73.28M
Interesting pick by @Mounir Maged Youssef.
76. Sundown (I) (2021)
R | 82 min | Drama
Neil and Alice Bennett are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family's tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to the fore.
Director: Michel Franco | Stars: Tim Roth, Albertine Kotting McMillan, Samuel Bottomley, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Votes: 6,678
Tim Roth perfectly cast as an empty vessel roaming the lower-end holiday beaches of Acapulco in this cinematic observation on completing one's existence on their own terms...
77. The Survival of Kindness (2022)
110 min | Drama, Mystery
Followed by BlackWoman, who is abandoned in a cage in the middle of the desert. Once she escapes the cage, she walks from desert to mountain to city, to find - more captivity.
Director: Rolf de Heer | Stars: Natasha Wanganeen, Craig Behenna, Mwajemi Hussein, Aaron J. March
Votes: 380
De Heer once again ventures into Indeginous territory and through an abstract lens (and minimal dialogue) shows the plight of Australian aboriginal history (with other minorities), struggling in a land of prejudice and violence...
78. The Tale of Ruby Rose (1987)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Located among the haunting peaks and brooding mists of Tasmania's Central Highlands, RUBY ROSE is the story of a woman's quest to break out of the isolated an demanding farm life she lives and find something challenging.
Director: Roger Scholes | Stars: Melita Jurisic, Chris Haywood, Rod Zuanic, Martyn Sanderson
Votes: 105
In the amazing haunting mind of Ruby Rose.
79. Taste (2021)
97 min | Drama
A Nigerian man moves in with four middle-aged Vietnamese women after his contract with a football team is terminated.
Director: Bao Le | Stars: Olegunleko Ezekiel Gbenga, Khuong Thi Minh Nga, Le Thi Dung, Nguyen Thi Cam Xuan
Votes: 376
Silent portraits of a misplaced man and four naked middle-aged women, cleaning, bathing, cooking, making love and getting on with life...
80. Themroc (1973)
100 min | Comedy
Made without proper language, just gibberish and grunts, this is an absurdist comedy about a man who rejects every facet of normal bourgeois life and turns his apartment into a virtual cave.
Director: Claude Faraldo | Stars: Michel Piccoli, Béatrice Romand, Marilù Tolo, Francesca Romana Coluzzi
Votes: 1,647
Brilliant social satire with more grunting than dialogue.
81. Three Monkeys (2008)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
A family suffers from a major communication breakdown during their struggle to get through their hardships.
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan | Stars: Yavuz Bingöl, Hatice Aslan, Ahmet Rifat Sungar, Ercan Kesal
Votes: 23,003 | Gross: $0.04M
Very slow moving but effective with some brilliant cinematic moments...
82. The Tribe (2014)
Unrated | 126 min | Crime, Drama
A deaf boy joins a boarding school for similar children. Confronted by the violent and criminal antics of some of the other boys and girls, he struggles to conform and join the 'tribe'.
Director: Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi | Stars: Hryhoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy, Oleksandr Dsiadevych
Votes: 11,999 | Gross: $0.15M
A silent and harsh world for our deaf…
83. The Turin Horse (2011)
Not Rated | 155 min | Drama
A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.
Directors: Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky | Stars: János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos, Ricsi
Votes: 19,418 | Gross: $0.05M
Among the bleakness there is a tinge of beauty that is hard to see through the misery of it all…
84. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
G | 149 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
Votes: 719,395 | Gross: $56.95M
Kubrick challenges the mind.
85. Under the Skin (I) (2013)
R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.
Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay, Dougie McConnell
Votes: 158,193 | Gross: $2.61M
A wonderful strange trip, but thanks for the pick @Marko Konfic...
86. Walkabout (1971)
GP | 100 min | Adventure, Drama
Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.
Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: Jenny Agutter, David Gulpilil, Luc Roeg, John Meillon
Votes: 27,344 | Gross: $0.02M
Roeg's stunning photography of the barren Aussie landscape
87. WALL·E (2008)
G | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard
Votes: 1,200,287 | Gross: $223.81M
The perfect example of modern day filmmaking without too much words…
Tell Your Friends