Movies Like Aching Hearts

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

Sorrow and Joy

2013·1h 47m·★ 7.0·Nils Malmros

2 shared crewDir. Nils MalmrosDP: Jan Weincke

Pain of Love

1992·2h·★ 7.0·Nils Malmros

2 shared crewDir. Nils MalmrosDP: Jan Weincke

Barbara

1997·2h 23m·★ 6.1·Nils Malmros

2 shared crewDir. Nils MalmrosDP: Jan Weincke

Pretty in Pink

1986·1h 37m·★ 6.7·Howard Deutch

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Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004·1h 48m·★ 8.3·Michel Gondry

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The 400 Blows

1959·1h 39m·★ 8.0·François Truffaut

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Anatomy of a Murder

1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

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Donnie Darko

2001·1h 54m·★ 8.0·Richard Kelly

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Brokeback Mountain

2005·2h 14m·★ 7.7·Ang Lee

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Stand by Me

1986·1h 29m·★ 8.1·Rob Reiner

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Billy Elliot

2000·1h 51m·★ 7.7·Stephen Daldry

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Walk the Line

2005·2h 16m·★ 7.8·James Mangold

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The Fisher King

1991·2h 18m·★ 7.5·Terry Gilliam

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The Outsiders

1983·1h 31m·★ 7.0·Francis Ford Coppola

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Lars and the Real Girl

2007·1h 47m·★ 7.3·Craig Gillespie

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The Wanderers

1979·1h 57m·★ 7.3·Philip Kaufman

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Berlin is in Germany

2001·1h 37m·★ 7.1·Hannes Stöhr

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How Good Is Aching Hearts?

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