Movies Like If Beale Street Could Talk

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

Medicine for Melancholy

2009·1h 28m·★ 6.6·Barry Jenkins

2 shared crewDir. Barry JenkinsDP: James Laxton

Moonlight

2016·1h 51m·★ 7.4·Barry Jenkins

2 shared crewDir. Barry JenkinsDP: James Laxton

Mufasa: The Lion King

2024·1h 58m·★ 6.6·Barry Jenkins

2 shared crewDir. Barry JenkinsDP: James Laxton

My Josephine

2003·8m·★ 6.6·Barry Jenkins

2 shared crewDir. Barry JenkinsDP: James Laxton

Something Borrowed

2011·1h 52m·★ 5.8·Luke Greenfield

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Carlito's Way

1993·2h 24m·★ 7.9·Brian De Palma

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1965·2h 34m·★ 6.7·Richard Brooks

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1991·1h 48m·★ 6.7·Mike Nichols

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2010·2h 18m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

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Manhattan

1979·1h 36m·★ 7.8·Woody Allen

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Cape Fear

1962·1h 45m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

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2013·2h 23m·★ 7.2·Baz Luhrmann

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2025·1h 59m·★ 6.2·Dani Girdwood

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2008·2h 2m·★ 7.6·Ron Howard

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2019·1h 40m·★ 5.9·Ry Russo-Young

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Runaway Jury

2003·2h 7m·★ 7.1·Gary Fleder

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Unfaithful

2002·2h 4m·★ 6.7·Adrian Lyne

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The World According to Garp

1982·2h 16m·★ 7.1·George Roy Hill

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1995·1h 59m·★ 6.9·Albert Hughes

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