Movies Like Shine

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

Oscar and Lucinda

1997·2h 12m·★ 6.5·Gillian Armstrong

DP: Geoffrey SimpsonStarring Geoffrey Rush

Grease

1978·1h 50m·★ 7.2·Randal Kleiser

Themes: australia, 1950s

Swimming Upstream

2003·1h 54m·★ 7.0·Russell Mulcahy

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Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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Andrei Rublev

1966·3h 3m·★ 8.0·Andrei Tarkovsky

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The Color Purple

1985·2h 34m·★ 7.7·Steven Spielberg

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JFK

1991·3h 9m·★ 8.0·Oliver Stone

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Cinderella Man

2005·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Ron Howard

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American Gangster

2007·2h 37m·★ 7.8·Ridley Scott

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Birdman of Alcatraz

1962·2h 27m·★ 7.8·John Frankenheimer

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August Rush

2007·1h 54m·★ 7.4·Kirsten Sheridan

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Good Morning, Vietnam

1987·2h 1m·★ 7.3·Barry Levinson

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American Graffiti

1973·1h 52m·★ 7.4·George Lucas

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Kaagaz

2021·1h 49m·★ 7.3·Satish Kaushik

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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon

1998·1h 32m·★ 6.5·John Maybury

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The Piano Player

2002·1h 31m·★ 4.3·Jean-Pierre Roux

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Starring Chris HaywoodDir. Scott Hicks

How Good Is Shine?

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