Movies Like Only Angels Have Wings

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

His Girl Friday

1940·1h 32m·★ 7.8·Howard Hawks

2 shared crewDir. Howard HawksDP: Joseph Walker

Flying Down to Rio

1933·1h 29m·★ 6.6·Thornton Freeland

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To Be or Not to Be

1942·1h 39m·★ 8.1·Ernst Lubitsch

TMDB recommendsStarring Sig Ruman

Before Sunrise

1995·1h 41m·★ 8.1·Richard Linklater

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Wages of Fear

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

TMDB recommendsDrama & Adventure

Three Colors: Red

1994·1h 40m·★ 8.1·Krzysztof Kieślowski

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Wings of Desire

1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1974·1h 33m·★ 8.0·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

Breaking the Waves

1996·2h 39m·★ 7.8·Lars von Trier

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Awful Truth

1937·1h 31m·★ 7.6·Leo McCarey

DP: Joseph WalkerStarring Cary Grant

Strange Cargo

1940·1h 53m·★ 6.9·Frank Borzage

Fans also likedDrama & Romance & Adventure

The Mountain Between Us

2017·1h 49m·★ 6.4·Hany Abu-Assad

Fans also likedDrama & Adventure & Romance

Test Pilot

1938·1h 58m·★ 6.8·Victor Fleming

Fans also likedDrama & Romance & Adventure

The Naked Jungle

1954·1h 35m·★ 6.7·Byron Haskin

Fans also likedAdventure & Romance & Drama

The Sheik

1921·1h 26m·★ 6.2·George Melford

Fans also likedAdventure & Drama & Romance

Some Like It Hot

1959·2h 3m·★ 8.2·Billy Wilder

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The 400 Blows

1959·1h 39m·★ 8.0·François Truffaut

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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

1984·1h 57m·★ 8.0·Hayao Miyazaki

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Rebecca

1940·2h 10m·★ 8.0·Alfred Hitchcock

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Anatomy of a Murder

1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

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How Good Is Only Angels Have Wings?

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