Movies Like Love for an Idiot

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

New Hoodlum Soldier Story: Firing Line

1972·1h 32m·★ 6.5·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewDir. Yasuzō MasumuraDP: Setsuo Kobayashi

Red Angel

1966·1h 35m·★ 7.8·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewDir. Yasuzō MasumuraDP: Setsuo Kobayashi

Blind Beast

1969·1h 24m·★ 7.0·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewDir. Yasuzō MasumuraDP: Setsuo Kobayashi

A Wife Confesses

1961·1h 31m·★ 7.4·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewDir. Yasuzō MasumuraDP: Setsuo Kobayashi

Manji

1964·1h 31m·★ 6.8·Yasuzō Masumura

2 shared crewDir. Yasuzō MasumuraDP: Setsuo Kobayashi

Seisaku's Wife

1965·1h 34m·★ 7.7·Yasuzō Masumura

3 shared cast incl. Yūzō Hayakawa & Shoichi OzawaDir. Yasuzō Masumura

The World According to Garp

1982·2h 16m·★ 7.1·George Roy Hill

TMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

The Hotel New Hampshire

1984·1h 50m·★ 5.8·Tony Richardson

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

Shutter Island

2010·2h 18m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

TMDB recommends

Hana Yori Dango: Final

2008·2h 11m·★ 6.8·Yasuharu Ishii

Fans also likedComedy & Drama

Love Strikes!

2011·1h 58m·★ 6.8·Hitoshi One

Fans also likedComedy & Drama

Frankenstein

1931·1h 10m·★ 7.7·James Whale

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Mind Game

2004·1h 43m·★ 7.7·Masaaki Yuasa

Fans also likedComedy & Drama

ReLIFE

2017·2h·★ 6.6·Takeshi Furusawa

Fans also likedComedy & Drama

The Trial

1962·1h 59m·★ 7.6·Orson Welles

TMDB recommends

From Here to Eternity

1953·1h 58m·★ 7.6·Fred Zinnemann

TMDB recommends

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931·1h 36m·★ 7.6·Rouben Mamoulian

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Achilles and the Tortoise

2008·2h·★ 7.3·Takeshi Kitano

Fans also likedComedy & Drama

The Best You Can

2025·1h 43m·★ 6.3·Michael J. Weithorn

Fans also likedComedy & Drama

Tokyo!

2008·1h 52m·★ 7.0·Bong Joon Ho

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How Good Is Love for an Idiot?

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

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