Movies Like Even Dwarfs Started Small

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

The Wrath of God

1972·1h 35m·★ 7.8·Werner Herzog

2 shared crewDir. Werner HerzogDP: Thomas Mauch

Stroszek

1977·1h 48m·★ 7.7·Werner Herzog

2 shared crewDir. Werner HerzogDP: Thomas Mauch

God's Angry Man

1983·46m·★ 6.6·Werner Herzog

2 shared crewDir. Werner HerzogDP: Thomas Mauch

Kolya

1996·1h 45m·★ 7.7·Jan Svěrák

TMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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Andrei Rublev

1966·3h 3m·★ 8.0·Andrei Tarkovsky

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The Music Room

1958·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Satyajit Ray

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Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

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Barren Lives

1963·1h 40m·★ 7.5·Nelson Pereira dos Santos

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Code 3

2025·1h 40m·★ 7.2·Christopher Leone

Fans also likedComedy & Drama

Mother India

1957·2h 52m·★ 7.8·Mehboob Khan

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

1969·1h 56m·★ 7.6·Ronald Neame

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Import/Export

2007·2h 15m·★ 7.0·Ulrich Seidl

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Pharaoh

1966·2h 31m·★ 7.3·Jerzy Kawalerowicz

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100 Things

2018·1h 51m·★ 6.3·Florian David Fitz

Fans also likedComedy & Drama

Policewoman

2000·1h 37m·★ 7.5·Andreas Dresen

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Just Before I Go

2015·1h 35m·★ 6.4·Courteney Cox

Fans also likedComedy & Drama

Shrek the Third

2007·1h 33m·★ 6.1·Chris Miller

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Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom

1976·1h 57m·★ 5.8·Pier Paolo Pasolini

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SubUrbia

1997·2h 1m·★ 6.7·Richard Linklater

Fans also likedComedy & Drama

How Good Is Even Dwarfs Started Small?

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