Movies Like Don't Go Near the Water

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

The Thin Red Line

1998·2h 51m·★ 7.6·Terrence Malick

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1970·2h 25m·★ 6.6·Robert Aldrich

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They Were Expendable

1945·2h 15m·★ 7.2·John Ford

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To Be or Not to Be

1942·1h 39m·★ 8.1·Ernst Lubitsch

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From Here to Eternity

1953·1h 58m·★ 7.6·Fred Zinnemann

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Pearl Harbor

2001·3h 3m·★ 6.3·Michael Bay

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Operation Petticoat

1959·2h 4m·★ 7.2·Blake Edwards

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The Glass Slipper

1955·1h 33m·★ 6.4·Charles Walters

Starring Keenan WynnDir. Charles WaltersRomance & Comedy

The Belle of New York

1952·1h 22m·★ 6.1·Charles Walters

Starring Keenan WynnDir. Charles WaltersRomance & Comedy

Midway

1976·2h 12m·★ 6.8·Jack Smight

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Downfall

2004·2h 35m·★ 8.2·Oliver Hirschbiegel

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German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

2017·1h 15m·★ 8.5·Sidney Bernstein

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Soldier of Orange

1977·2h 28m·★ 7.6·Paul Verhoeven

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Mister Roberts

1955·2h 3m·★ 7.6·John Ford

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The Tin Drum

1979·2h 42m·★ 7.4·Volker Schlöndorff

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Monsieur Batignole

2002·1h 40m·★ 7.0·Gérard Jugnot

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An Officer and a Gentleman

1982·2h 4m·★ 7.1·Taylor Hackford

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Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison

1957·1h 48m·★ 7.3·John Huston

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Betrayed

2020·2h 6m·★ 7.1·Eirik Svensson

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The Secret of Santa Vittoria

1970·2h 19m·★ 7.2·Stanley Kramer

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How Good Is Don't Go Near the Water?

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