Movies Like The Life of the Dead

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

My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument

1996·3h 1m·★ 6.7·Arnaud Desplechin

4 shared cast incl. Emmanuelle Devos & Emmanuel Salinger2 shared crewDir. Arnaud Desplechin

Kings & Queen

2004·2h 30m·★ 7.0·Arnaud Desplechin

2 shared crewDir. Arnaud DesplechinDP: Éric Gautier

A Christmas Tale

2008·2h 32m·★ 6.9·Arnaud Desplechin

2 shared crewDir. Arnaud DesplechinDP: Éric Gautier

Esther Kahn

2000·2h 22m·★ 6.7·Arnaud Desplechin

2 shared crewDir. Arnaud DesplechinDP: Éric Gautier

The Sentinel

1992·2h 19m·★ 6.4·Arnaud Desplechin

4 shared cast incl. Emmanuel Salinger & Thibault de MontalembertDir. Arnaud Desplechin

Love, etc.

1996·1h 45m·★ 6.2·Marion Vernoux

DP: Éric GautierStarring Thibault de Montalembert

8½

1963·2h 19m·★ 8.0·Federico Fellini

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The Celebration

1998·1h 41m·★ 8.0·Thomas Vinterberg

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Girl, Interrupted

1999·2h 7m·★ 7.3·James Mangold

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Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

1988·1h 28m·★ 7.5·Pedro Almodóvar

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Secret Sunshine

2007·2h 23m·★ 7.5·Lee Chang-dong

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The White Sound

2001·1h 47m·★ 7.0·Hans Weingartner

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Tuya's Marriage

2006·1h 36m·★ 7.2·Wang Quan'an

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The Lobster

2015·1h 59m·★ 7.1·Yorgos Lanthimos

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Earth

1996·2h 3m·★ 7.2·Julio Medem

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The Flower of My Secret

1995·1h 46m·★ 7.0·Pedro Almodóvar

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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

2002·1h 51m·★ 6.8·Lone Scherfig

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The Red Squirrel

1993·1h 54m·★ 7.1·Julio Medem

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The Good Heart

2009·1h 35m·★ 6.8·Dagur Kári

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Afternoon

2007·1h 35m·★ 6.4·Angela Schanelec

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How Good Is The Life of the Dead?

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