Movies Like The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

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

La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

1977·31m·★ 7.5·Werner Herzog

2 shared crewDir. Werner HerzogDP: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Land of Silence and Darkness

1973·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Werner Herzog

2 shared crewDir. Werner HerzogDP: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Les yeux dans les Bleus

1998·2h 37m·★ 8.1·Stéphane Meunier

TMDB recommends

Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations

1938·2h 7m·★ 7.7·Leni Riefenstahl

TMDB recommends

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty

1938·1h 44m·★ 7.6·Leni Riefenstahl

TMDB recommends

Ghost Elephants

2026·1h 39m·★ 7.0·Werner Herzog

Starring Werner HerzogDir. Werner Herzog

The Dark Glow of the Mountain

1985·45m·★ 7.4·Werner Herzog

Starring Werner HerzogDir. Werner Herzog

Encounters at the End of the World

2007·1h 39m·★ 7.7·Werner Herzog

Starring Werner HerzogDir. Werner Herzog

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga

2010·1h 34m·★ 7.7·Werner Herzog

Starring Werner HerzogDir. Werner Herzog

Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin

2019·1h 29m·★ 6.9·Werner Herzog

Starring Werner HerzogDir. Werner Herzog

Wings of Hope

1999·1h 5m·★ 7.5·Werner Herzog

Starring Werner HerzogDir. Werner Herzog

Meeting Gorbachev

2019·1h 35m·★ 7.2·Werner Herzog

Starring Werner HerzogDir. Werner Herzog

Ballad of the Little Soldier

1984·46m·★ 7.2·Werner Herzog

Starring Werner HerzogDir. Werner Herzog

Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds

2020·1h 38m·★ 7.0·Werner Herzog

Starring Werner HerzogDir. Werner Herzog

Wheel of Time

2003·1h 23m·★ 7.1·Werner Herzog

Starring Werner HerzogDir. Werner Herzog

God's Angry Man

1983·46m·★ 6.6·Werner Herzog

Starring Werner HerzogDir. Werner Herzog

How Good Is The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.