Movies Like The House of the Spirits

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

Pelle the Conqueror

1987·2h 37m·★ 7.7·Bille August

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Les Misérables

1998·2h 14m·★ 7.4·Bille August

2 shared crewDir. Bille AugustDP: Jörgen Persson

The Best Intentions

1992·3h 2m·★ 7.7·Bille August

2 shared crewDir. Bille AugustDP: Jörgen Persson

A Song for Martin

2001·1h 58m·★ 6.9·Bille August

2 shared crewDir. Bille AugustDP: Jörgen Persson

Jerusalem

1996·2h 48m·★ 6.9·Bille August

2 shared crewDir. Bille AugustDP: Jörgen Persson

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997·2h 1m·★ 6.3·Bille August

2 shared crewDir. Bille AugustDP: Jörgen Persson

Of Mice and Men

1992·1h 50m·★ 7.4·Gary Sinise

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Wuthering Heights

1939·1h 44m·★ 7.5·William Wyler

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Desert Hearts

1985·1h 31m·★ 7.1·Donna Deitch

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Far from the Madding Crowd

1967·2h 46m·★ 7.2·John Schlesinger

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The Lost World

1925·1h 44m·★ 7.0·Harry O. Hoyt

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The Wages of Fear

1953·2h 33m·★ 8.1·Henri-Georges Clouzot

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Rebecca

1940·2h 10m·★ 8.1·Alfred Hitchcock

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Z

1969·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Costa-Gavras

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The Philadelphia Story

1940·1h 53m·★ 7.8·George Cukor

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Days of Heaven

1978·1h 34m·★ 7.7·Terrence Malick

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Once Were Warriors

1994·1h 39m·★ 7.9·Lee Tamahori

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Field of Dreams

1989·1h 45m·★ 7.5·Phil Alden Robinson

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Antonia's Line

1995·1h 42m·★ 7.4·Marleen Gorris

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The Fugitive Kind

1960·1h 59m·★ 7.0·Sidney Lumet

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How Good Is The House of the Spirits?

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