Movies Like Ed Wood

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

Edward Scissorhands

1990·1h 45m·★ 7.8·Tim Burton

2 shared crewDir. Tim BurtonDP: Stefan Czapsky

Batman Returns

1992·2h 6m·★ 7.1·Tim Burton

2 shared crewDir. Tim BurtonDP: Stefan Czapsky

Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

Themes: individual, 1950sTMDB recommends

Tangerine

2015·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Sean Baker

Themes: transsexuality, taxiFans also likedComedy & Drama

Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

Themes: transsexuality, movie businessTMDB recommends

Judy

2019·1h 58m·★ 6.8·Rupert Goold

Themes: drug addiction, celebrityFans also likedDrama & History

The Godfather Part II

1974·3h 22m·★ 9.0·Francis Ford Coppola

Themes: suburb, 1950sStarring G.D. Spradlin

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019·2h 42m·★ 7.6·Quentin Tarantino

Themes: movie business, celebrityFans also likedComedy & Drama

Mank

2020·2h 12m·★ 6.8·David Fincher

Themes: movie business, black and whiteFans also likedDrama & History

Sleepy Hollow

1999·1h 45m·★ 7.3·Tim Burton

Both star Johnny Depp & Jeffrey JonesDir. Tim Burton

All About My Mother

1999·1h 41m·★ 7.8·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

Stolen Kisses

1968·1h 30m·★ 7.5·François Truffaut

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

Hail, Caesar!

2016·1h 46m·★ 6.3·Joel Coen

Fans also likedComedy & Drama & History

Blade Runner

1982·1h 58m·★ 8.1·Ridley Scott

TMDB recommends

Dallas Buyers Club

2013·1h 57m·★ 7.9·Jean-Marc Vallée

Fans also likedDrama & History

Anatomy of a Murder

1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

TMDB recommends

The Big Lebowski

1998·1h 57m·★ 8.1·Joel Coen

TMDB recommends

Wings of Desire

1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

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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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