Movies Like Mata Hari

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

As You Desire Me

1932·1h 10m·★ 6.2·George Fitzmaurice

2 shared crewDir. George FitzmauriceDP: William H. Daniels

Strangers May Kiss

1931·1h 21m·★ 5.9·George Fitzmaurice

2 shared crewDir. George FitzmauriceDP: William H. Daniels

Grand Hotel

1932·1h 52m·★ 7.3·Edmund Goulding

3 shared cast incl. Greta Garbo & Lionel BarrymoreDP: William H. DanielsDrama & Romance

Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsBoth star Karen Morley & C. Henry GordonCrime & Drama

Queen Christina

1934·1h 39m·★ 7.5·Rouben Mamoulian

Both star Greta Garbo & Lewis StoneDP: William H. DanielsRomance & Drama

A Woman of Affairs

1928·1h 31m·★ 7.1·Clarence Brown

Both star Greta Garbo & Lewis StoneDP: William H. DanielsDrama & Romance

Romance

1930·1h 16m·★ 5.7·Clarence Brown

Both star Greta Garbo & Lewis StoneDP: William H. DanielsDrama & Romance

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

Themes: world war i, pre-codeTMDB recommends

Heart of Stone

2023·2h 2m·★ 5.7·Tom Harper

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Wild Orchids

1929·1h 40m·★ 6.4·Sidney Franklin

Both star Greta Garbo & Lewis StoneDP: William H. Daniels

Flesh and the Devil

1926·1h 52m·★ 7.6·Clarence Brown

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Greta GarboDrama & Romance

Anna Karenina

1935·1h 35m·★ 7.0·Clarence Brown

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Greta GarboDrama & Romance

The Painted Veil

1934·1h 25m·★ 6.5·Richard Boleslawski

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Greta GarboDrama & Romance

The Kiss

1929·1h 2m·★ 6.8·Jacques Feyder

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Greta GarboDrama & Romance

Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)

1931·1h 16m·★ 6.3·Robert Z. Leonard

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Greta GarboDrama & Romance

Love

1927·1h 21m·★ 6.8·Edmund Goulding

DP: William H. DanielsStarring Greta GarboDrama & Romance

Shanghai Express

1932·1h 22m·★ 7.3·Josef von Sternberg

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance & Crime

M

1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

The African Queen

1952·1h 45m·★ 7.7·John Huston

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

1931·1h 26m·★ 7.3·F. W. Murnau

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

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