Movies Like The Deep Blue Sea

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

Anastasia

1956·1h 45m·★ 7.0·Anatole Litvak

2 shared crewDir. Anatole LitvakDP: Jack Hildyard

The Journey

1959·2h 6m·★ 6.8·Anatole Litvak

2 shared crewDir. Anatole LitvakDP: Jack Hildyard

American Beauty

1999·2h 2m·★ 8.3·Sam Mendes

4 shared themes: dysfunctional marriage, age difference, love affair...Fans also liked

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957·2h 42m·★ 8.1·David Lean

TMDB recommendsDP: Jack Hildyard

That Hamilton Woman

1941·2h 5m·★ 7.2·Alexander Korda

Themes: love affair, adulteryStarring Vivien LeighDrama & Romance

Everyone Says I Love You

1996·1h 41m·★ 6.7·Woody Allen

Themes: redemption, adulteryFans also liked

The Apartment

1960·2h 5m·★ 8.3·Billy Wilder

Themes: age difference, love affairDrama & Romance

Lost in Translation

2003·1h 42m·★ 7.7·Sofia Coppola

Themes: age difference, adulteryDrama & Romance

Ossessione

1944·2h 20m·★ 7.5·Luchino Visconti

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Live Flesh

1997·1h 43m·★ 7.3·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Finding Your Feet

2017·1h 51m·★ 6.8·Richard Loncraine

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Playing by Heart

1998·2h 1m·★ 6.9·Willard Carroll

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Two Moon Junction

1988·1h 44m·★ 5.0·Zalman King

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Umberto D.

1952·1h 31m·★ 8.1·Vittorio De Sica

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The Celebration

1998·1h 41m·★ 8.0·Thomas Vinterberg

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Hannah and Her Sisters

1986·1h 47m·★ 7.8·Woody Allen

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Persuasion

1995·1h 44m·★ 7.6·Roger Michell

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One for the Road

2022·2h 8m·★ 7.2·Nattawut Poonpiriya

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Coffee and Cigarettes

2004·1h 37m·★ 7.0·Jim Jarmusch

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2005·2h·★ 6.5·Doug Liman

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