MesmeroWatch list, 0 saved

Movie
Poster for If You Saw His Heart

If You Saw His Heart

2017 · 86 min

A quiet, heavy character study that lingers in the shadows of guilt and regret, asking patience from the viewer.

Directed by
Joan Chemla
Genres
Drama
Overview
Cast out of his insular community, a damaged and down on his luck man teeters between a life of crime and the path to redemption.

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Search YouTube for a trailer

Add to a list: If You Saw His Heart

You have no lists yet. Name one, and this title goes into it.

All your lists

In the USNot loaded yet.
Directed by
Joan Chemla
Genres
Drama
In your watch list

How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • redemption
  • isolation
  • crime
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

More like this

Titles like If You Saw His Heart

Movie

Manchester by the Sea

2016

A quietly devastating, deeply human portrait of grief and guilt, leavened by moments of everyday humor and tenderness.

Melancholic, dark, slow-burn · about guilt and redemption

Via
  • melancholic
  • dark
  • guilt
  • redemption
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
138 min
Details
Manchester by the SeaHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Stranger

2025

A detached, sun-drenched plunge into a man's indifference, where the heat and silence press on you as much as the looming judgment.

Melancholic, bleak, slow-burn · about guilt and isolation

Via
  • melancholic
  • bleak
  • guilt
  • isolation
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
122 min
Details
The StrangerHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead

1995

A grim, slow-burning noir that follows a damaged woman through guilt and danger, leaving a heavy, uneasy aftertaste.

Melancholic, bleak · about guilt and redemption

Via
  • melancholic
  • bleak
  • guilt
  • redemption
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
104 min
Details
Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're DeadHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Biutiful

2010

A heavy, slow-burning plunge into a dying man's guilt and love, offering little relief but leaving a deep emotional mark.

Melancholic, bleak, slow-burn · about guilt and redemption

Via
  • melancholic
  • bleak
  • guilt
  • redemption
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
148 min
Details
BiutifulHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Battle in Heaven

2005

A slow, unsettling plunge into guilt and alienation, with explicit sex and violence that feel raw and uncomfortable rather than titillating.

Melancholic, bleak, slow-burn · about guilt and redemption

Via
  • melancholic
  • bleak
  • guilt
  • redemption
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
96 min
Details
Battle in HeavenHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Pickpocket

1959

A spare, quietly intense character study that feels like watching a man's soul slowly surface through his compulsive hands.

Melancholic, bleak, slow-burn · about guilt and redemption

Via
  • melancholic
  • bleak
  • guilt
  • redemption
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
75 min
Details
PickpocketHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Vitalina Varela

2019

A hushed, shadow-drenched vigil of grief, drifting through dim rooms and faces with almost unbearable patience.

Melancholic, bleak, slow-burn · about isolation and grief

Via
  • melancholic
  • bleak
  • isolation
  • grief
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
124 min
Details
Vitalina VarelaHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

21 Grams

2003

A fractured, heavy watch that jumps through time and grief, leaving you unsettled and emotionally wrung out.

Melancholic, bleak, slow-burn · about guilt and redemption

Via
  • melancholic
  • bleak
  • guilt
  • redemption
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
124 min
Details
21 GramsHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Invisible Guest

2017

A tense, twisty puzzle that keeps you guessing, with shifting stories and a slow reveal of dark truths.

Melancholic, tense · about guilt and grief

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • guilt
  • grief
Pacing
measured
Attention
demanding
Runtime
107 min
Details
The Invisible GuestHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

The Fury of a Patient Man

2016

A slow-burning, quietly tense thriller that simmers with unspoken menace and moral unease.

Melancholic, tense, slow-burn · about guilt

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • guilt
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
92 min
Details
The Fury of a Patient ManHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Thou Shalt Not Hate

2020

A quiet, morally tense drama that weighs guilt and forgiveness, leaving you unsettled and reflective long after.

Melancholic, tense, slow-burn · about guilt and redemption

Via
  • melancholic
  • tense
  • guilt
  • redemption
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
engaged
Runtime
96 min
Details
Thou Shalt Not HateHidden from your suggestions.
Movie

Pieta

2012

A grim, slow-burning descent into brutality and twisted tenderness that leaves you unsettled and heartbroken.

Melancholic, bleak, slow-burn · about guilt and redemption

Via
  • melancholic
  • bleak
  • guilt
  • redemption
Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
104 min
Details
PietaHidden from your suggestions.

Cast

Where to watch in the US

Change country

We have not loaded where to watch in the US for this title yet. Check again in a day or two.

Streaming data from JustWatch.TMDB

Details