Movies Like Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

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

What Happened, Miss Simone?

2015·1h 41m·★ 7.6·Liz Garbus

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Let's Get Lost

1988·2h·★ 7.7·Bruce Weber

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The Color Purple

1985·2h 34m·★ 7.7·Steven Spielberg

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1988·2h 41m·★ 7.1·Clint Eastwood

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2021·1h 57m·★ 8.0·Questlove

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Soul

2020·1h 41m·★ 8.0·Pete Docter

Themes: jazz singer or musician, jazz

Gimme Shelter

1970·1h 32m·★ 7.8·Albert Maysles

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I Swear

2025·2h 1m·★ 8.4·Kirk Jones

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Andrei Rublev

1966·3h 3m·★ 8.0·Andrei Tarkovsky

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Cinderella Man

2005·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Ron Howard

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Grizzly Man

2005·1h 43m·★ 7.7·Werner Herzog

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1962·2h 27m·★ 7.8·John Frankenheimer

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2007·1h 54m·★ 7.4·Kirsten Sheridan

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2019·2h 1m·★ 7.3·Dexter Fletcher

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2008·1h 49m·★ 7.0·Darnell Martin

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What's Love Got to Do with It

1993·1h 58m·★ 7.4·Brian Gibson

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2022·2h 24m·★ 6.6·Kasi Lemmons

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2021·1h 34m·★ 7.1·Liz Garbus

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2014·2h 19m·★ 6.9·Tate Taylor

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Respect

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