Movies Like Nicholas and Alexandra

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

Battleship Potemkin

1925·1h 15m·★ 7.9·Sergei Eisenstein

Themes: imperial russia, russian revolution (1917)Drama & History & War

Anastasia

1997·1h 34m·★ 7.2·Gary Goldman

Themes: czar / tsar / tzar, russian revolution (1917)

Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

The Ten Commandments

1956·3h 40m·★ 7.9·Cecil B. DeMille

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

The White Dawn

1974·1h 50m·★ 7.0·Philip Kaufman

TMDB recommendsHistory & Drama

Barry Lyndon

1975·3h 8m·★ 8.1·Stanley Kubrick

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Doctor Zhivago

1965·3h 20m·★ 7.9·David Lean

DP: Freddie YoungDrama & War

The Last Command

1928·1h 28m·★ 7.9·Josef von Sternberg

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The Scarlet and the Black

1983·2h 23m·★ 7.5·Jerry London

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The Boy in the Woods

2023·1h 40m·★ 6.1·Rebecca Snow

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War and Peace

1956·3h 28m·★ 6.7·King Vidor

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Cromwell

1970·2h 20m·★ 7.0·Ken Hughes

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Gladiator

2000·2h 35m·★ 8.5·Ridley Scott

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The Wages of Fear

1953·2h 33m·★ 8.1·Henri-Georges Clouzot

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Blade Runner

1982·1h 58m·★ 8.1·Ridley Scott

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Anatomy of a Murder

1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000·2h·★ 7.9·Ang Lee

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Jackie Brown

1997·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Quentin Tarantino

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Suite Française

2015·1h 43m·★ 7.0·Saul Dibb

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How Good Is Nicholas and Alexandra?

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