Movies Like The Little American

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

A Romance of the Redwoods

1917·1h 31m·★ 6.2·Cecil B. DeMille

3 shared cast incl. Mary Pickford & Raymond Hatton2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMille

Male and Female

1919·1h 56m·★ 7.0·Cecil B. DeMille

2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMilleDP: Alvin Wyckoff

Carmen

1915·59m·★ 6.3·Cecil B. DeMille

2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMilleDP: Alvin Wyckoff

Why Change Your Wife?

1920·1h 30m·★ 6.7·Cecil B. DeMille

2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMilleDP: Alvin Wyckoff

The Cheat

1915·59m·★ 6.5·Cecil B. DeMille

2 shared crewDir. Cecil B. DeMilleDP: Alvin Wyckoff

For Better, for Worse

1919·1h 30m·★ 6.0·Cecil B. DeMille

Both star Raymond Hatton & Jack HoltDir. Cecil B. DeMille

Titanic

1997·3h 14m·★ 8.0·James Cameron

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

My Best Girl

1927·1h 20m·★ 7.4·Sam Taylor

Both star Mary Pickford & Hobart BosworthDrama & Romance

History Is Made at Night

1937·1h 37m·★ 7.4·Frank Borzage

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

On the Beach

1959·2h 14m·★ 7.1·Stanley Kramer

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Ship of Fools

1965·2h 29m·★ 7.0·Stanley Kramer

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Murphy's War

1971·1h 47m·★ 6.7·Peter Yates

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

Hostile Waters

1997·1h 34m·★ 6.3·David Drury

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley

1918·1h 7m·★ 6.2·Marshall Neilan

Both star Mary Pickford & Norman KerryDrama & Romance

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

1958·2h 12m·★ 7.6·Douglas Sirk

Fans also likedDrama & War & Romance

The History of Love

2016·2h 14m·★ 6.3·Radu Mihăileanu

Fans also likedDrama & Romance & War

Charlotte Gray

2001·2h 1m·★ 6.4·Gillian Armstrong

Fans also likedDrama & Romance & War

The Secret: Dare to Dream

2020·1h 47m·★ 6.6·Andy Tennant

Fans also likedDrama & Romance

The Navigator

1924·1h 5m·★ 7.5·Buster Keaton

TMDB recommends

Mister Roberts

1955·2h 3m·★ 7.6·John Ford

Fans also likedDrama & War

How Good Is The Little American?

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