Movies Like The Greatest Showman

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

I Swear

2025·2h 1m·★ 8.4·Kirk Jones

Themes: outcast, cliché, biography

The Buddy Holly Story

1978·1h 54m·★ 7.3·Steve Rash

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Wicked

2024·2h 42m·★ 7.3·Jon M. Chu

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The Pink Cloud

2021·1h 44m·★ 5.9·Iuli Gerbase

TMDB recommendsThemes: absurd, amused

Priscilla

2023·1h 53m·★ 6.4·Sofia Coppola

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Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

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Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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Saving Private Ryan

1998·2h 49m·★ 8.6·Steven Spielberg

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Wings of Desire

1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

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Hotel Rwanda

2004·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Terry George

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Cinderella Man

2005·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Ron Howard

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Good Morning, Vietnam

1987·2h 1m·★ 7.3·Barry Levinson

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Meet Me in St. Louis

1944·1h 54m·★ 7.5·Vincente Minnelli

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Mother India

1957·2h 52m·★ 7.8·Mehboob Khan

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Playing by Heart

1998·2h 1m·★ 6.9·Willard Carroll

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Ero in guerra ma non lo sapevo

2022·1h 33m·★ 6.2·Fabio Resinaro

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The Three from the Filling Station

1930·1h 30m·★ 6.5·Wilhelm Thiele

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How Good Is The Greatest Showman?

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