Movies Like Sanders of the River

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

Elephant Boy

1937·1h 22m·★ 6.3·Zoltan Korda

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Gladiator

2000·2h 35m·★ 8.5·Ridley Scott

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The Adventures of Huck Finn

1993·1h 48m·★ 6.2·Stephen Sommers

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King Solomon's Mines

1937·1h 20m·★ 6.3·Robert Stevenson

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The Four Feathers

1939·2h 9m·★ 7.4·Zoltan Korda

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To Kill a Mockingbird

1962·2h 9m·★ 8.2·Robert Mulligan

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A Bronx Tale

1993·2h 1m·★ 7.8·Robert De Niro

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Freedom Writers

2007·2h 3m·★ 7.6·Richard LaGravenese

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Dogville

2003·2h 58m·★ 8.0·Lars von Trier

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The Ten Commandments

1956·3h 40m·★ 7.9·Cecil B. DeMille

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Blood Diamond

2006·2h 23m·★ 8.0·Edward Zwick

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Ray

2004·2h 32m·★ 7.7·Taylor Hackford

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Out of Africa

1985·2h 41m·★ 7.2·Sydney Pollack

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War for the Planet of the Apes

2017·2h 20m·★ 7.4·Matt Reeves

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The Wanderers

1979·1h 57m·★ 7.3·Philip Kaufman

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The Beguiled

1971·1h 45m·★ 7.1·Don Siegel

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Strange Cargo

1940·1h 53m·★ 6.9·Frank Borzage

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Manderlay

2005·2h 19m·★ 7.2·Lars von Trier

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Black Beauty

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Dark of the Sun

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How Good Is Sanders of the River?

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