Movies Like Male and Female

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

Why Change Your Wife?

1920·1h 30m·★ 6.7·Cecil B. DeMille

4 shared cast incl. Gloria Swanson & Thomas Meighan2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMille

A Romance of the Redwoods

1917·1h 31m·★ 6.2·Cecil B. DeMille

2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMilleDP: Alvin Wyckoff

Carmen

1915·59m·★ 6.3·Cecil B. DeMille

2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMilleDP: Alvin Wyckoff

The Cheat

1915·59m·★ 6.5·Cecil B. DeMille

2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMilleDP: Alvin Wyckoff

Don't Change Your Husband

1919·1h 20m·★ 6.6·Cecil B. DeMille

3 shared cast incl. Gloria Swanson & Theodore RobertsDir. Cecil B. DeMille

For Better, for Worse

1919·1h 30m·★ 6.0·Cecil B. DeMille

3 shared cast incl. Gloria Swanson & Raymond HattonDir. Cecil B. DeMille

The Ten Commandments

1923·2h 16m·★ 6.8·Cecil B. DeMille

Both star Theodore Roberts & Julia FayeDir. Cecil B. DeMille

Forbidden Fruit

1921·1h 27m·★ 6.6·Cecil B. DeMille

Both star Theodore Roberts & Julia FayeDir. Cecil B. DeMille

Manslaughter

1922·1h 40m·★ 6.3·Cecil B. DeMille

Both star Thomas Meighan & Julia FayeDir. Cecil B. DeMille

The Squaw Man

1931·1h 47m·★ 6.3·Cecil B. DeMille

Both star Raymond Hatton & Julia FayeDir. Cecil B. DeMille

Cast Away

2000·2h 23m·★ 7.8·Robert Zemeckis

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Three

2005·1h 35m·★ 4.9·Stewart Raffill

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Castaway on the Moon

2009·1h 59m·★ 7.9·Lee Hae-jun

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Dolores Claiborne

1995·2h 12m·★ 7.4·Taylor Hackford

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The Fallen Idol

1948·1h 36m·★ 7.6·Carol Reed

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The Last of Sheila

1973·2h·★ 7.2·Herbert Ross

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Maids

2001·1h 28m·★ 7.2·Fernando Meirelles

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Gosford Park

2001·2h 17m·★ 7.2·Robert Altman

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I Am David

2003·1h 30m·★ 7.1·Paul Feig

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Dragonwyck

1946·1h 43m·★ 6.9·Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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