Movies Like El Sur

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

Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

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1931·1h 27m·★ 8.5·Charlie Chaplin

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Persona

1966·1h 24m·★ 8.0·Ingmar Bergman

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1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

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The World of Apu

1959·1h 45m·★ 8.4·Satyajit Ray

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The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928·1h 21m·★ 8.1·Carl Theodor Dreyer

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Andrei Rublev

1966·3h 3m·★ 8.0·Andrei Tarkovsky

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The Gold Rush

1925·1h 35m·★ 8.1·Charlie Chaplin

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Umberto D.

1952·1h 31m·★ 8.1·Vittorio De Sica

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Aparajito

1956·1h 50m·★ 8.2·Satyajit Ray

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Wings of Desire

1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

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Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

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Do the Right Thing

1989·2h·★ 7.9·Spike Lee

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Rififi

1955·1h 58m·★ 8.1·Jules Dassin

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1974·1h 33m·★ 8.0·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Amores Perros

2000·2h 34m·★ 8.0·Alejandro González Iñárritu

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Talk to Her

2002·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Pedro Almodóvar

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Breaking the Waves

1996·2h 39m·★ 7.8·Lars von Trier

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The Music Room

1958·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Satyajit Ray

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Spartacus

1960·3h 17m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

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How Good Is El Sur?

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