Movies Like One Day, You Will Reach the Sea

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

Wings of Desire

1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

TMDB recommendsThemes: sentimental, tragic

Apocalypse Now

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

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City Lights

1931·1h 27m·★ 8.5·Charlie Chaplin

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Aparajito

1956·1h 50m·★ 8.2·Satyajit Ray

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Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957·2h 42m·★ 8.1·David Lean

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The Best Years of Our Lives

1946·2h 51m·★ 8.1·William Wyler

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Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

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1966·1h 33m·★ 7.6·Jiří Menzel

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Dangerous Liaisons

1988·1h 59m·★ 7.5·Stephen Frears

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Don't Look Now

1973·1h 50m·★ 7.1·Nicolas Roeg

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An Unforgettable Year - Summer

2023·1h 41m·★ 5.3·Cris D'amato

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Cruel Intentions

1999·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Roger Kumble

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Crash

1996·1h 40m·★ 6.4·David Cronenberg

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The Map That Leads to You

2025·1h 36m·★ 6.2·Lasse Hallström

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Ero in guerra ma non lo sapevo

2022·1h 33m·★ 6.2·Fabio Resinaro

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Animal Farm

1999·1h 31m·★ 6.0·John Stephenson

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Sliver

1993·1h 47m·★ 5.1·Phillip Noyce

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The People

1972·1h 14m·★ 5.8·John Korty

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Monster

2023·2h 5m·★ 7.8·Hirokazu Kore-eda

Themes: sentimental, tragic

How Good Is One Day, You Will Reach the Sea?

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