Movies Like Somebody Up There Likes Me

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

Until They Sail

1957·1h 34m·★ 6.5·Robert Wise

2 shared crewDir. Robert WiseDP: Joseph Ruttenberg

Cinderella Man

2005·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Ron Howard

Themes: boxing, biographyTMDB recommends

Tyson

1995·1h 50m·★ 6.2·Uli Edel

Themes: boxing, biographyFans also liked

Hacksaw Ridge

2016·2h 19m·★ 8.1·Mel Gibson

Themes: abusive father, biography

The Pianist

2002·2h 30m·★ 8.5·Roman Polanski

Themes: based on memoir or autobiography, biography

Rebel Without a Cause

1955·1h 51m·★ 7.6·Nicholas Ray

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Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004·1h 48m·★ 8.3·Michel Gondry

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Donnie Darko

2001·1h 54m·★ 8.0·Richard Kelly

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Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

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Do the Right Thing

1989·2h·★ 7.9·Spike Lee

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

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

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Breaking the Waves

1996·2h 39m·★ 7.8·Lars von Trier

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A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

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The State I Am In

2001·1h 46m·★ 6.9·Christian Petzold

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Jarhead

2005·2h 3m·★ 7.0·Sam Mendes

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Exodus

1960·3h 28m·★ 6.7·Otto Preminger

Both star Paul Newman & Sal Mineo

On the Count of Three

2022·1h 26m·★ 7.0·Jerrod Carmichael

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My Life Without Me

2003·1h 46m·★ 7.4·Isabel Coixet

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The Jazz Singer

1927·1h 36m·★ 6.4·Alan Crosland

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