Movies Like The Damned

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

Death in Venice

1971·2h 11m·★ 7.3·Luchino Visconti

2 shared crewBoth star Dirk Bogarde & Nora RicciDir. Luchino Visconti

The Innocent

1976·2h 10m·★ 7.4·Luchino Visconti

2 shared crewDir. Luchino ViscontiDP: Pasqualino De Santis

Conversation Piece

1974·2h 1m·★ 7.3·Luchino Visconti

2 shared crewDir. Luchino ViscontiDP: Pasqualino De Santis

Ludwig

1973·3h 59m·★ 7.5·Luchino Visconti

3 shared cast incl. Helmut Berger & Helmut GriemDir. Luchino ViscontiDrama & History

The Leopard

1963·3h 6m·★ 7.9·Luchino Visconti

Themes: opportunist, decadenceDir. Luchino Visconti

Walk on Water

2004·1h 43m·★ 7.3·Eytan Fox

Themes: nazi, lgbtTMDB recommends

Schindler's List

1993·3h 15m·★ 9.0·Steven Spielberg

Themes: industrialist, naziDrama & History

The Imitation Game

2014·1h 53m·★ 8.0·Morten Tyldum

Themes: male homosexuality, lgbtHistory & Drama

Bohemian Rhapsody

2018·2h 15m·★ 7.9·Bryan Singer

Themes: male homosexuality, lgbtHistory & Drama

Forrest Gump

1994·2h 22m·★ 8.8·Robert Zemeckis

Themes: mother son relationship, family relationships

Life Is Beautiful

1997·1h 56m·★ 8.6·Roberto Benigni

Themes: nazi germany, nazi

The Fabelmans

2022·2h 31m·★ 7.5·Steven Spielberg

Themes: mother son relationship, family relationships

Irreversible

2002·1h 33m·★ 7.3·Gaspar Noé

Themes: debauchery, lgbt

Caligula

1979·2h 36m·★ 5.4·Tinto Brass

Themes: incest, family relationshipsDrama & History

Moonlight

2016·1h 51m·★ 7.4·Barry Jenkins

Themes: male homosexuality, lgbt

The Pleasure

1985·1h 33m·★ 4.7·Joe D'Amato

Themes: incest, 1930s

Raiders of the Lost Ark

1981·1h 55m·★ 8.4·Steven Spielberg

Themes: 1930s, nazi

The Handmaiden

2016·2h 25m·★ 8.1·Park Chan-wook

Themes: 1930s, lgbt

Despair

1978·1h 57m·★ 6.9·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Gladiator

2000·2h 35m·★ 8.5·Ridley Scott

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