Movies Like River of Desire

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

The Silence

1963·1h 35m·★ 7.7·Ingmar Bergman

Themes: desire, complexTMDB recommends

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1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

Themes: tragic, infidelityTMDB recommends

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1962·1h 45m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

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Themes: sentimental, complex, intense

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2004·1h 44m·★ 7.1·Mike Nichols

Themes: photographer, infidelity

Parasite

2019·2h 13m·★ 8.5·Bong Joon Ho

Themes: tense, complex

The Godfather

1972·2h 55m·★ 9.2·Francis Ford Coppola

Themes: tense, intense

The Naked Island

1960·1h 37m·★ 8.0·Kaneto Shindō

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Last Year at Marienbad

1961·1h 35m·★ 7.6·Alain Resnais

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Blow

2001·2h 4m·★ 7.5·Ted Demme

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2005·1h 32m·★ 7.4·George Clooney

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1975·1h 53m·★ 7.0·Andrzej Żuławski

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2008·1h 59m·★ 7.3·Sam Mendes

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1925·1h 44m·★ 7.0·Harry O. Hoyt

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2007·1h 53m·★ 7.1·Susanne Bier

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Black Rain

1989·2h 5m·★ 6.6·Ridley Scott

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Subservience

2024·1h 45m·★ 5.4·SK Dale

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The Eyes of Tammy Faye

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How Good Is River of Desire?

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