Movies Like Lumière!

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

Lumière! The Adventure Continues

2024·1h 44m·★ 7.7·Thierry Frémaux

Lumière ! (Thierry Frémaux)16 shared themes: street cinema, retro cinema, low-budget filmmaking...Dir. Thierry Frémaux

Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies

2020·2h 11m·★ 6.7·Danny Wolf

5 shared themes: film archives, old footage, history and legacy...Fans also liked

Maria by Callas

2017·1h 53m·★ 7.2·Tom Volf

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Side by Side

2012·1h 39m·★ 7.6·Christopher Kenneally

Themes: cinematographer, documentary filmmakingFans also likedStarring Martin Scorsese

Shoah

1985·9h 26m·★ 8.7·Claude Lanzmann

Themes: historical documentary, history and legacyFans also likedDocumentary & History

Wick Is Pain

2025·2h 7m·★ 7.6·Jeffrey Doe

Themes: documentary filmmaking, origin story, archive footageFans also liked

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

2009·1h 42m·★ 7.4·Serge Bromberg

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Jane B. by Agnès V.

1988·1h 37m·★ 7.2·Agnès Varda

Themes: film archives, old footage, archive footage

Everything or Nothing

2012·1h 38m·★ 7.5·Stevan Riley

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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

2018·1h 43m·★ 7.7·Pamela B. Green

Themes: silent cinema, cinema historyDocumentary & History

Stan Lee

2023·1h 26m·★ 6.9·David Gelb

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To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb

2023·1h 28m·★ 7.4·Christopher Cassel

Themes: old footage, archive footageDocumentary & History

Apollo 13: Survival

2024·1h 38m·★ 7.4·Pete Middleton

Themes: historical documentary, archive footageDocumentary & History

Spielberg

2017·2h 27m·★ 7.7·Susan Lacy

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Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025·1h 28m·★ 7.6·Laurent Bouzereau

Themes: documentary filmmaking, archive footage

The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster

2002·45m·★ 7.1·David J. Skal

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The Extraordinary Voyage

2011·1h 4m·★ 7.4·Serge Bromberg

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2005·1h 43m·★ 7.7·Werner Herzog

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2021·2h 20m·★ 7.8·Edgar Wright

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2002·52m·★ 7.6·William Karel

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