Movies Like A Patch of Blue

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Two for the Seesaw

1962·1h 59m·★ 6.6·Robert Wise

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Full Metal Jacket

1987·1h 57m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: prostitute, racism

Talk to Her

2002·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Breaking the Waves

1996·2h 39m·★ 7.8·Lars von Trier

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Big Blue

1988·2h 48m·★ 7.5·Luc Besson

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

Mifune

1999·1h 38m·★ 7.1·Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

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About a Boy

2002·1h 41m·★ 7.1·Paul Weitz

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Italian for Beginners

2000·1h 58m·★ 7.0·Lone Scherfig

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Unforgiven

1960·2h 5m·★ 6.5·John Huston

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Once Is Not Enough

1975·2h 1m·★ 4.7·Guy Green

Starring Renata VanniDir. Guy GreenDrama & Romance

Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

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Pretty Woman

1990·2h·★ 7.1·Garry Marshall

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Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

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My Fault: London

2025·1h 59m·★ 6.2·Dani Girdwood

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Zatoichi

2003·1h 56m·★ 7.4·Takeshi Kitano

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The World Unseen

2007·1h 34m·★ 6.5·Shamim Sarif

Fans also likedRomance & Drama

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

2021·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Ayumu Watanabe

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Paradise Now

2005·1h 30m·★ 7.4·Hany Abu-Assad

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Elena Undone

2010·1h 51m·★ 6.1·Nicole Conn

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How Good Is A Patch of Blue?

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