Movies Like NYAD

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

The Swimmers

2022·2h 14m·★ 7.4·Sally El Hosaini

7 shared themes: inspiring, rousing, sport...Fans also likedDrama & History

Apocalypto

2006·2h 18m·★ 7.9·Mel Gibson

4 shared themes: affectation, absurd, adoring...Drama & History

Young Woman and the Sea

2024·2h 9m·★ 7.5·Joachim Rønning

Themes: swimming, biographyFans also likedHistory & Drama

Marie Antoinette

2006·2h 3m·★ 6.5·Sofia Coppola

Themes: affectation, adoring, admiringDrama & History

Eddie the Eagle

2016·1h 46m·★ 7.3·Dexter Fletcher

Themes: adoring, biographyFans also likedDrama & History

Swimming Upstream

2003·1h 54m·★ 7.0·Russell Mulcahy

Themes: swimming, biographyFans also liked

Wrath of Man

2021·1h 59m·★ 7.1·Guy Ritchie

Themes: affectation, adoring, admiring

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

2017·1h 45m·★ 6.7·Paul McGuigan

Themes: based on memoir or autobiography, biographyStarring Annette Bening

Hero

2002·1h 39m·★ 7.9·Zhang Yimou

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Betrayed

2020·2h 6m·★ 7.1·Eirik Svensson

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

303 Squadron

2018·1h 35m·★ 5.5·Denis Delić

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

Hacksaw Ridge

2016·2h 19m·★ 8.1·Mel Gibson

Themes: biography, admiringDrama & History

The Imitation Game

2014·1h 53m·★ 8.0·Morten Tyldum

Themes: lgbt, biographyHistory & Drama

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001·2h 32m·★ 7.7·Chris Columbus

Themes: adoring, admiring

The Great Flood

2025·1h 47m·★ 5.4·Kim Byung-woo

Themes: adoring, admiring

Snow White

2025·1h 49m·★ 2.2·Marc Webb

Themes: adoring, admiring

Apocalypse Now

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

TMDB recommends

Brokeback Mountain

2005·2h 14m·★ 7.7·Ang Lee

TMDB recommends

Wings of Desire

1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

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All About My Mother

1999·1h 41m·★ 7.8·Pedro Almodóvar

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