Movies Like Nothing But a Man

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

The Plot Against Harry

1971·1h 21m·★ 7.0·Michael Roemer

2 shared crewDir. Michael RoemerDP: Robert M. Young

City of God

2002·2h 9m·★ 8.6·Fernando Meirelles

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To Kill a Mockingbird

1962·2h 9m·★ 8.2·Robert Mulligan

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The Sixth Sense

1999·1h 47m·★ 8.2·M. Night Shyamalan

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Gattaca

1997·1h 47m·★ 7.7·Andrew Niccol

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JFK

1991·3h 9m·★ 8.0·Oliver Stone

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Mildred Pierce

1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

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Girl, Interrupted

1999·2h 7m·★ 7.3·James Mangold

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Frankenstein

1931·1h 10m·★ 7.7·James Whale

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Imitation of Life

1959·2h 5m·★ 7.8·Douglas Sirk

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The Terminal

2004·2h 8m·★ 7.4·Steven Spielberg

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The Trial

1962·1h 59m·★ 7.6·Orson Welles

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You Gotta Believe

2024·1h 44m·★ 5.9·Ty Roberts

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The World Unseen

2007·1h 34m·★ 6.5·Shamim Sarif

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Brick

2006·1h 50m·★ 7.1·Rian Johnson

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A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

1923·1h 22m·★ 6.9·Charlie Chaplin

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Backdraft

1991·2h 17m·★ 6.7·Ron Howard

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Dead Presidents

1995·1h 59m·★ 6.9·Albert Hughes

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Meet the Browns

2008·1h 41m·★ 4.6·Tyler Perry

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Empire of Light

2022·1h 55m·★ 6.7·Sam Mendes

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How Good Is Nothing But a Man?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.