Movies Like Little Ashes

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

Frida

2002·2h 3m·★ 7.3·Julie Taymor

Themes: surrealism, lgbtFans also likedDrama & Romance

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

1998·1h 32m·★ 6.5·John Maybury

Themes: gay artist, lgbtFans also liked

The Shining

1980·2h 24m·★ 8.4·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: writer, surrealism

A Minecraft Movie

2025·1h 41m·★ 5.6·Jared Hess

Themes: friends, surrealism

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004·1h 48m·★ 8.3·Michel Gondry

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Brokeback Mountain

2005·2h 14m·★ 7.7·Ang Lee

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Talk to Her

2002·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Pedro Almodóvar

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Breaking the Waves

1996·2h 39m·★ 7.8·Lars von Trier

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Sabrina

1954·1h 53m·★ 7.6·Billy Wilder

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

Monsters, Inc.

2001·1h 32m·★ 8.1·Pete Docter

Themes: friends, kidnapping

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022·2h 20m·★ 7.7·Daniel Scheinert

Themes: surrealism, lgbt

Life in a Year

2020·1h 47m·★ 6.3·Mitja Okorn

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Donnie Darko

2001·1h 54m·★ 8.0·Richard Kelly

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All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

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Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

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As Good as It Gets

1997·2h 19m·★ 7.7·James L. Brooks

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Candy

2006·1h 56m·★ 7.2·Neil Armfield

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Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

2021·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Ayumu Watanabe

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Paradise Now

2005·1h 30m·★ 7.4·Hany Abu-Assad

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Those People

2015·1h 29m·★ 6.5·Joey Kuhn

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How Good Is Little Ashes?

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