Movies Like I Want to Live!

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

The Green Mile

1999·3h 9m·★ 8.6·Frank Darabont

Themes: death row, death penaltyTMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

The Life of David Gale

2003·2h 10m·★ 7.5·Alan Parker

Themes: death row, death penaltyFans also likedDrama & Crime

Yield to the Night

1956·1h 39m·★ 7.1·J. Lee Thompson

Themes: death row, death penaltyFans also likedDrama & Crime

Birdman of Alcatraz

1962·2h 27m·★ 7.8·John Frankenheimer

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

I Swear

2025·2h 1m·★ 8.4·Kirk Jones

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Andrei Rublev

1966·3h 3m·★ 8.0·Andrei Tarkovsky

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Cinderella Man

2005·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Ron Howard

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Erin Brockovich

2000·2h 11m·★ 7.5·Steven Soderbergh

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The Unforgivable

2021·1h 52m·★ 7.2·Nora Fingscheidt

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Sissi

1955·1h 42m·★ 7.0·Ernst Marischka

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Sissi: The Young Empress

1956·1h 47m·★ 6.7·Ernst Marischka

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Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

1957·1h 49m·★ 6.6·Ernst Marischka

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The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

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Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

2019·1h 51m·★ 6.7·Joe Berlinger

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Kaagaz

2021·1h 49m·★ 7.3·Satish Kaushik

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Before Night Falls

2000·2h 14m·★ 7.1·Julian Schnabel

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They Made Me a Fugitive

1947·1h 39m·★ 7.2·Alberto Cavalcanti

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No Man of God

2021·1h 40m·★ 6.4·Amber Sealey

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Infamous

2006·1h 50m·★ 7.0·Douglas McGrath

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The United States of Leland

2003·1h 48m·★ 6.9·Matthew Ryan Hoge

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How Good Is I Want to Live!?

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