Movies Like Promised Land

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

Red Beard

1965·3h 5m·★ 8.3·Akira Kurosawa

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Edward Scissorhands

1990·1h 45m·★ 7.8·Tim Burton

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The Last Samurai

2003·2h 34m·★ 7.8·Edward Zwick

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The Dam Keeper

2014·18m·★ 7.9·Robert Kondo

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Pandora

2016·2h 16m·★ 6.7·Park Jung-woo

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Boys Don't Cry

1999·1h 58m·★ 7.5·Kimberly Peirce

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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992·2h 15m·★ 7.3·David Lynch

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Risky Business

1967·1h 45m·★ 7.1·André Cayatte

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A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

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The Gift

2000·1h 52m·★ 6.7·Sam Raimi

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The Mothman Prophecies

2002·1h 59m·★ 6.4·Mark Pellington

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Alexander

2004·2h 56m·★ 5.6·Oliver Stone

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All the Pretty Horses

2000·1h 57m·★ 5.8·Billy Bob Thornton

Both star Matt Damon & Lucas Black

Jindabyne

2006·2h 3m·★ 6.3·Ray Lawrence

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Manglehorn

2015·1h 37m·★ 5.5·David Gordon Green

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So Well Remembered

1947·1h 54m·★ 7.0·Edward Dmytryk

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Good Will Hunting

1997·2h 7m·★ 8.4·Gus Van Sant

Starring Matt DamonDir. Gus Van Sant

Gerry

2002·1h 43m·★ 6.0·Gus Van Sant

Starring Matt DamonDir. Gus Van Sant

How Good Is Promised Land?

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