Movies Like Life

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

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019·2h 42m·★ 7.6·Quentin Tarantino

Themes: celebrity, buddy

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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Birdman of Alcatraz

1962·2h 27m·★ 7.8·John Frankenheimer

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Erin Brockovich

2000·2h 11m·★ 7.5·Steven Soderbergh

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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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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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Crash

1996·1h 40m·★ 6.4·David Cronenberg

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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

1998·1h 32m·★ 6.5·John Maybury

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How Good Is Life?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.