Movies Like Idiot's Delight

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

A Free Soul

1931·1h 33m·★ 6.6·Clarence Brown

2 shared crewBoth star Norma Shearer & Clark GableDir. Clarence Brown

Flesh and the Devil

1926·1h 52m·★ 7.6·Clarence Brown

2 shared crewDir. Clarence BrownDP: William H. Daniels

Anna Karenina

1935·1h 35m·★ 7.0·Clarence Brown

2 shared crewDir. Clarence BrownDP: William H. Daniels

A Woman of Affairs

1928·1h 31m·★ 7.1·Clarence Brown

2 shared crewDir. Clarence BrownDP: William H. Daniels

Romance

1930·1h 16m·★ 5.7·Clarence Brown

2 shared crewDir. Clarence BrownDP: William H. Daniels

Possessed

1931·1h 16m·★ 6.9·Clarence Brown

Both star Clark Gable & Richard 'Skeets' GallagherDir. Clarence Brown

Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

Closely Watched Trains

1966·1h 33m·★ 7.6·Jiří Menzel

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

Antonia's Line

1995·1h 42m·★ 7.4·Marleen Gorris

TMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

Playing by Heart

1998·2h 1m·★ 6.9·Willard Carroll

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

1931·1h 16m·★ 6.3·Robert Z. Leonard

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Clark Gable

The Great Dictator

1940·2h 5m·★ 8.4·Charlie Chaplin

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Saving Private Ryan

1998·2h 49m·★ 8.6·Steven Spielberg

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Judgment at Nuremberg

1961·3h 11m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kramer

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957·2h 42m·★ 8.1·David Lean

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The Best Years of Our Lives

1946·2h 51m·★ 8.1·William Wyler

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Lost in Translation

2003·1h 42m·★ 7.7·Sofia Coppola

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Ashes and Diamonds

1958·1h 43m·★ 7.7·Andrzej Wajda

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Dirty Dancing

1987·1h 40m·★ 7.1·Emile Ardolino

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Seven Years in Tibet

1997·2h 16m·★ 7.1·Jean-Jacques Annaud

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How Good Is Idiot's Delight?

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