Movies Like Day of the Idiots

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

The Death of Maria Malibran

1972·1h 44m·★ 6.4·Werner Schroeter

3 shared cast incl. Magdalena Montezuma & Christine KaufmannDir. Werner Schroeter

The Rose King

1986·1h 46m·★ 6.4·Werner Schroeter

Both star Magdalena Montezuma & Mostefa DjadjamDir. Werner Schroeter

Palermo or Wolfsburg

1980·2h 55m·★ 6.7·Werner Schroeter

Both star Ida Di Benedetto & Magdalena MontezumaDir. Werner Schroeter

The Celebration

1998·1h 41m·★ 8.0·Thomas Vinterberg

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Talk to Her

2002·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Pedro Almodóvar

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958·1h 48m·★ 7.9·Richard Brooks

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Harold and Maude

1971·1h 32m·★ 7.8·Hal Ashby

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The Music Room

1958·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Satyajit Ray

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A Few Good Men

1992·2h 18m·★ 7.8·Rob Reiner

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Once Were Warriors

1994·1h 39m·★ 7.9·Lee Tamahori

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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

1919·1h 29m·★ 7.2·D.W. Griffith

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Romeo + Juliet

1996·2h·★ 6.7·Baz Luhrmann

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City of Angels

1998·1h 54m·★ 6.7·Brad Silberling

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Antonia's Line

1995·1h 42m·★ 7.4·Marleen Gorris

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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

2002·1h 51m·★ 6.8·Lone Scherfig

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Brother of Sleep

1995·2h 7m·★ 7.0·Joseph Vilsmaier

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Before Night Falls

2000·2h 14m·★ 7.1·Julian Schnabel

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On the Count of Three

2022·1h 26m·★ 7.0·Jerrod Carmichael

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Longing

2006·1h 28m·★ 6.6·Valeska Grisebach

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About the Looking for and the Finding of Love

2005·1h 45m·★ 5.8·Helmut Dietl

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How Good Is Day of the Idiots?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.