Movies Like My Brilliant Career

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

The Silence

1963·1h 35m·★ 7.7·Ingmar Bergman

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Pierrot le Fou

1965·1h 50m·★ 7.4·Jean-Luc Godard

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The Dressmaker

2015·1h 58m·★ 7.0·Jocelyn Moorhouse

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C.R.A.Z.Y.

2005·2h 6m·★ 7.8·Jean-Marc Vallée

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I Can't Think Straight

2008·1h 22m·★ 6.4·Shamim Sarif

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The Secret: Dare to Dream

2020·1h 47m·★ 6.6·Andy Tennant

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An Angel at My Table

1990·2h 38m·★ 7.4·Jane Campion

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The Lost Husband

2020·1h 49m·★ 6.1·Vicky Wight

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Mansfield Park

1999·1h 52m·★ 7.0·Patricia Rozema

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Zero Motivation

2014·1h 37m·★ 7.2·Talya Lavie

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Look at Me

2004·1h 50m·★ 6.8·Agnès Jaoui

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Not Easily Broken

2009·1h 39m·★ 6.1·Bill Duke

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Rip Girls

2000·1h 27m·★ 5.9·Joyce Chopra

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Engel & Joe

2001·1h 33m·★ 6.4·Vanessa Jopp

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A Perfect Ending

2012·1h 50m·★ 5.6·Nicole Conn

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Nine Lives

2005·1h 55m·★ 6.7·Rodrigo García

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Disappearing Acts

2000·1h 55m·★ 6.3·Gina Prince-Bythewood

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Herbie Fully Loaded

2005·1h 41m·★ 5.0·Angela Robinson

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He Said, She Said

1991·1h 55m·★ 5.7·Ken Kwapis

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She's the One

1996·1h 36m·★ 6.0·Edward Burns

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