Movies Like The Great Lie

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

The Old Maid

1939·1h 35m·★ 7.4·Edmund Goulding

3 shared cast incl. Bette Davis & George Brent2 shared crewDir. Edmund Goulding

The Dawn Patrol

1938·1h 43m·★ 7.5·Edmund Goulding

2 shared crewDir. Edmund GouldingDP: Tony Gaudio

The Constant Nymph

1943·1h 52m·★ 6.7·Edmund Goulding

2 shared crewDir. Edmund GouldingDP: Tony Gaudio

Baby Boom

1987·1h 50m·★ 6.4·Charles Shyer

Themes: adoptive mother, babyFans also liked

My Life

1993·1h 54m·★ 6.8·Bruce Joel Rubin

Themes: expectant mother, babyFans also liked

Dark Victory

1939·1h 44m·★ 7.4·Edmund Goulding

Both star Bette Davis & George BrentDir. Edmund Goulding

Annihilation

2018·1h 55m·★ 6.8·Alex Garland

Themes: missing husband, missing person

Juarez

1939·2h 5m·★ 6.8·William Dieterle

DP: Tony GaudioStarring Bette Davis

Ex-Lady

1933·1h 7m·★ 6.4·Robert Florey

DP: Tony GaudioStarring Bette Davis

The Sisters

1938·1h 39m·★ 6.8·Anatole Litvak

DP: Tony GaudioStarring Bette Davis

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966·2h 11m·★ 8.0·Mike Nichols

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Talk to Her

2002·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Pedro Almodóvar

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977·2h 17m·★ 7.6·Steven Spielberg

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Maria Full of Grace

2004·1h 41m·★ 7.4·Joshua Marston

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June Bride

1948·1h 36m·★ 6.8·Bretaigne Windust

Both star Bette Davis & Jerome Cowan

Bed and Board

1970·1h 37m·★ 7.4·François Truffaut

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Sissi: The Young Empress

1956·1h 47m·★ 6.7·Ernst Marischka

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Housewife

1934·1h 9m·★ 6.0·Alfred E. Green

Both star George Brent & Bette Davis

Live Flesh

1997·1h 43m·★ 7.3·Pedro Almodóvar

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Tsotsi

2005·1h 34m·★ 7.2·Gavin Hood

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How Good Is The Great Lie?

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