Movies Like The Black Sheep

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

Er kann's nicht lassen

1962·1h 34m·★ 6.6·Axel von Ambesser

Pater Brown CollectionBoth star Heinz Rühmann & Lina CarstensDP: Erich Claunigk

Operation San Pietro

1967·1h 33m·★ 4.8·Lucio Fulci

Pater Brown CollectionStarring Heinz RühmannComedy & Crime

Some Like It Hot

1959·2h 3m·★ 8.2·Billy Wilder

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City Lights

1931·1h 27m·★ 8.5·Charlie Chaplin

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The Great Dictator

1940·2h 5m·★ 8.4·Charlie Chaplin

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M

1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964·1h 35m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kubrick

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The Gold Rush

1925·1h 35m·★ 8.1·Charlie Chaplin

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Roman Holiday

1953·1h 59m·★ 8.0·William Wyler

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The General

1926·1h 19m·★ 8.1·Clyde Bruckman

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Rififi

1955·1h 58m·★ 8.1·Jules Dassin

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Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

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The Maltese Falcon

1941·1h 40m·★ 7.9·John Huston

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The Philadelphia Story

1940·1h 53m·★ 7.8·George Cukor

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Birdman of Alcatraz

1962·2h 27m·★ 7.8·John Frankenheimer

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Bringing Up Baby

1938·1h 42m·★ 7.8·Howard Hawks

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Pandora's Box

1929·2h 21m·★ 7.7·G.W. Pabst

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Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

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It Happened in Broad Daylight

1958·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Ladislao Vajda

Both star Heinz Rühmann & Siegfried Lowitz

The Captain from Kopenick

1956·1h 33m·★ 7.1·Helmut Käutner

Both star Heinz Rühmann & Friedrich Domin

How Good Is The Black Sheep?

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