Movies Like Lessons at the End of Spring

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

Little Vera

1988·2h 8m·★ 6.9·Vasili Pichul

Themes: perestroika, soviet unionFans also likedStarring Yuriy Nazarov

The Lives of Others

2006·2h 17m·★ 8.4·Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

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Leto

2018·2h 6m·★ 7.2·Kirill Serebrennikov

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The Way Back

2010·2h 13m·★ 7.3·Peter Weir

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Star Wars

1977·2h 1m·★ 8.6·George Lucas

Themes: totalitarianism, rebellion

GoodFellas

1990·2h 25m·★ 8.7·Martin Scorsese

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American History X

1998·1h 59m·★ 8.5·Tony Kaye

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Brokeback Mountain

2005·2h 14m·★ 7.7·Ang Lee

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Solaris

1972·2h 47m·★ 7.9·Andrei Tarkovsky

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Walk the Line

2005·2h 16m·★ 7.8·James Mangold

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The Killing Fields

1984·2h 22m·★ 7.8·Roland Joffé

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Lost Highway

1997·2h 14m·★ 7.6·David Lynch

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The Experiment

2001·2h·★ 7.7·Oliver Hirschbiegel

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Dead Man Walking

1995·2h 2m·★ 7.5·Tim Robbins

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Never Open That Door

1952·1h 20m·★ 7.3·Carlos Hugo Christensen

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Man of Marble

1977·2h 33m·★ 7.6·Andrzej Wajda

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The Wanderers

1979·1h 57m·★ 7.3·Philip Kaufman

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Avenger of the Seven Seas

1962·1h 30m·★ 5.6·Domenico Paolella

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How Good Is Lessons at the End of Spring?

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