Movies Like The Burmese Harp

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

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

2003·1h 43m·★ 8.0·Kim Ki-duk

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957·2h 42m·★ 8.1·David Lean

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The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer

1961·3h 10m·★ 8.8·Masaki Kobayashi

Fans also likedStarring Taketoshi NaitōWar & Drama

Fires on the Plain

1959·1h 45m·★ 7.9·Kon Ichikawa

Fans also likedDir. Kon IchikawaDrama & War

Downfall

2004·2h 35m·★ 8.2·Oliver Hirschbiegel

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

The Last Samurai

2003·2h 34m·★ 7.8·Edward Zwick

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

Soldier of Orange

1977·2h 28m·★ 7.6·Paul Verhoeven

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

The Tin Drum

1979·2h 42m·★ 7.4·Volker Schlöndorff

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

Betrayed

2020·2h 6m·★ 7.1·Eirik Svensson

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959·2h 58m·★ 8.5·Masaki Kobayashi

Fans also likedWar & Drama

Hacksaw Ridge

2016·2h 19m·★ 8.1·Mel Gibson

Fans also likedDrama & War

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959·3h 24m·★ 8.5·Masaki Kobayashi

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To Be or Not to Be

1942·1h 39m·★ 8.1·Ernst Lubitsch

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Letters from Iwo Jima

2006·2h 21m·★ 7.8·Clint Eastwood

Fans also likedDrama & War

Lost in Translation

2003·1h 42m·★ 7.7·Sofia Coppola

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The Marriage of Maria Braun

1979·2h·★ 7.7·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

2017·1h 15m·★ 8.5·Sidney Bernstein

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Profound Desires of the Gods

1968·2h 53m·★ 7.5·Shōhei Imamura

Both star Rentaro Mikuni & Jun Hamamura

Zatoichi

2003·1h 56m·★ 7.4·Takeshi Kitano

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The Diary of Anne Frank

1959·2h 59m·★ 7.4·George Stevens

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