Movies Like Mozart and the Whale

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

Elling

2001·1h 29m·★ 7.4·Petter Næss

2 shared crewDir. Petter NæssDP: Svein Krøvel

Night on Earth

1991·2h 9m·★ 7.6·Jim Jarmusch

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Snow Cake

2006·1h 52m·★ 7.4·Marc Evans

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Benny & Joon

1993·1h 38m·★ 7.1·Jeremiah S. Chechik

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Sitting in Bars with Cake

2023·1h 59m·★ 6.4·Trish Sie

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Irreplaceable You

2018·1h 36m·★ 6.4·Stephanie Laing

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(Untitled)

2009·1h 36m·★ 6.2·Jonathan Parker

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Coyote Ugly

2000·1h 40m·★ 5.8·David McNally

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Strictly Sexual

2008·1h 40m·★ 6.2·Joel Viertel

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Chéri

2009·1h 26m·★ 6.1·Stephen Frears

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Cosi

1996·1h 42m·★ 6.6·Mark Joffe

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Jack Goes Boating

2010·1h 31m·★ 6.3·Philip Seymour Hoffman

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XX/XY

2002·1h 31m·★ 5.9·Austin Chick

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¿Quieres ser mi hijo?

2023·1h 40m·★ 6.0·Ihtzi Hurtado

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Rain Man

1988·2h 14m·★ 8.0·Barry Levinson

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Centaur

2023·1h 41m·★ 6.9·Kirill Kemnits

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Distant Lights

2003·1h 45m·★ 7.5·Hans-Christian Schmid

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Airplane!

1980·1h 28m·★ 7.7·Jim Abrahams

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Ezra

2024·1h 40m·★ 6.5·Tony Goldwyn

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Lorna's Silence

2008·1h 45m·★ 7.1·Jean-Pierre Dardenne

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How Good Is Mozart and the Whale?

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