Movies Like A Self-Made Hero

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

See How They Fall

1994·1h 30m·★ 6.5·Jacques Audiard

Both star Jean-Louis Trintignant & Mathieu KassovitzDir. Jacques Audiard

Another Woman's Life

2012·1h 37m·★ 6.3·Sylvie Testud

Both star Mathieu Kassovitz & Danièle LebrunComedy & Drama

Little Boy

2015·1h 46m·★ 7.3·Alejandro Monteverde

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Mister Roberts

1955·2h 3m·★ 7.6·John Ford

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The Secret of Santa Vittoria

1970·2h 19m·★ 7.2·Stanley Kramer

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Les Carabiniers

1963·1h 20m·★ 6.7·Jean-Luc Godard

Fans also likedWar & Drama & Comedy

Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?

1973·1h 35m·★ 6.9·Robert Lamoureux

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A Time to Love and a Time to Die

1958·2h 12m·★ 7.6·Douglas Sirk

Fans also likedDrama & War

Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle

2021·2h 47m·★ 7.2·Arthur Harari

Fans also likedDrama & War

Wooden Crosses

1932·1h 50m·★ 7.7·Raymond Bernard

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The Scarlet and the Black

1983·2h 23m·★ 7.5·Jerry London

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Macadam Stories

2015·1h 40m·★ 7.0·Samuel Benchetrit

Fans also likedDrama & Comedy

The One That Got Away

1957·1h 51m·★ 7.1·Roy Ward Baker

Fans also likedWar & Drama

The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell

1955·1h 40m·★ 6.8·Otto Preminger

Fans also likedDrama & War

Shepherd: The Story of a Jewish Dog

2020·1h 33m·★ 5.6·Lynn Roth

Fans also likedDrama & War

Overlord

1975·1h 23m·★ 7.1·Stuart Cooper

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Tobruk

1967·1h 47m·★ 6.4·Arthur Hiller

Fans also likedDrama & War

The History of Love

2016·2h 14m·★ 6.3·Radu Mihăileanu

Fans also likedDrama & War

Nobody from Nowhere

2014·1h 58m·★ 6.7·Matthieu Delaporte

Both star Mathieu Kassovitz & Philippe Duclos

Max & Leon

2016·1h 38m·★ 6.2·Jonathan Barré

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How Good Is A Self-Made Hero?

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