Movies Like Mare Nostrum

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

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921·2h 36m·★ 7.1·Rex Ingram

2 shared crewThemes: silent film, world war iDir. Rex Ingram

Scaramouche

1923·2h 4m·★ 7.1·Rex Ingram

2 shared crewDir. Rex IngramDP: John F. Seitz

The Prisoner of Zenda

1922·1h 53m·★ 6.7·Rex Ingram

2 shared crewDir. Rex IngramDP: John F. Seitz

The Magician

1926·1h 19m·★ 6.7·Rex Ingram

2 shared crewDir. Rex IngramDP: John F. Seitz

The Conquering Power

1921·1h 29m·★ 6.8·Rex Ingram

2 shared crewDir. Rex IngramDP: John F. Seitz

Grand Illusion

1937·1h 54m·★ 8.0·Jean Renoir

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The Lulus

2023·1h 45m·★ 6.1·Yann Samuell

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City Lights

1931·1h 27m·★ 8.5·Charlie Chaplin

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The Great Dictator

1940·2h 5m·★ 8.4·Charlie Chaplin

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The Passion of Joan of Arc

1928·1h 21m·★ 8.1·Carl Theodor Dreyer

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Lawrence of Arabia

1962·3h 48m·★ 8.3·David Lean

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The Gold Rush

1925·1h 35m·★ 8.1·Charlie Chaplin

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The General

1926·1h 19m·★ 8.1·Clyde Bruckman

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Pandora's Box

1929·2h 21m·★ 7.7·G.W. Pabst

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The African Queen

1952·1h 45m·★ 7.7·John Huston

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People on Sunday

1930·1h 14m·★ 7.2·Robert Siodmak

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Cabiria

1914·2h 28m·★ 7.1·Giovanni Pastrone

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The Scarlet and the Black

1983·2h 23m·★ 7.5·Jerry London

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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

1919·1h 29m·★ 7.2·D.W. Griffith

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The Secret of Santa Vittoria

1970·2h 19m·★ 7.2·Stanley Kramer

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How Good Is Mare Nostrum?

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