Movies Like Hope Lost

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

Chinatown

1974·2h 10m·★ 8.1·Roman Polanski

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Irreversible

2002·1h 33m·★ 7.3·Gaspar Noé

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Once Upon a Time in America

1984·3h 49m·★ 8.3·Sergio Leone

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Andrei Rublev

1966·3h 3m·★ 8.0·Andrei Tarkovsky

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The Color Purple

1985·2h 34m·★ 7.7·Steven Spielberg

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Talk to Her

2002·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Pedro Almodóvar

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Rabid Dogs

1974·1h 36m·★ 7.4·Mario Bava

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The Consequences of Love

2004·1h 40m·★ 7.4·Paolo Sorrentino

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Once Were Warriors

1994·1h 39m·★ 7.9·Lee Tamahori

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Marnie

1964·2h 10m·★ 7.1·Alfred Hitchcock

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Mifune

1999·1h 38m·★ 7.1·Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

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Shanghai Express

1932·1h 22m·★ 7.3·Josef von Sternberg

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Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

2006·1h 30m·★ 7.2·Jasmila Žbanić

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The Baby of Mâcon

1993·2h 2m·★ 6.9·Peter Greenaway

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Familia

2024·2h·★ 6.8·Francesco Costabile

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Antonia's Line

1995·1h 42m·★ 7.4·Marleen Gorris

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The Sadness

2021·1h 40m·★ 6.5·Rob Jabbaz

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The Good Neighbor

2022·1h 37m·★ 6.0·Stephan Rick

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A Dark Story

2024·1h 40m·★ 5.7·Leonardo D'Agostini

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Five Times Two

2004·1h 30m·★ 6.6·François Ozon

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How Good Is Hope Lost?

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