Movies Like The Lovers and the Despot

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

Korea: The Never-Ending War

2019·1h 54m·★ 7.7·John Maggio

Themes: north korea, inter-korean relationsTMDB recommends

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

2003·1h 59m·★ 7.5·Kenneth Bowser

4 shared themes: cinema on cinema, movie business, 1980s...Documentary & History

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

2019·1h 48m·★ 6.7·Serge Ou

Themes: cinema on cinema, hong kong, movie businessDocumentary & History

I Swear

2025·2h 1m·★ 8.4·Kirk Jones

Themes: docudrama, 1980sTMDB recommends

Spielberg

2017·2h 27m·★ 7.7·Susan Lacy

Themes: portrait of a filmmaker, movie businessFans also liked

Jodorowsky's Dune

2013·1h 27m·★ 8.0·Frank Pavich

Themes: cinema on cinema, movie businessFans also liked

The Sparks Brothers

2021·2h 20m·★ 7.8·Edgar Wright

TMDB recommendsThemes: 1980s, 1970s

Humint

2026·2h·★ 6.4·Ryoo Seung-wan

Themes: north korea, inter-korean relations

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

2018·1h 43m·★ 7.7·Pamela B. Green

Themes: portrait of a filmmaker, movie businessDocumentary & History

Audrey

2020·1h 41m·★ 7.1·Helena Coan

Themes: cinema on cinema, docudramaDocumentary & History

Big George Foreman

2023·2h 9m·★ 6.7·George Tillman Jr.

Themes: 1980s, 1970sFans also liked

The Secret Agent

2025·2h 41m·★ 7.2·Kleber Mendonça Filho

Themes: dictatorship, 1970s

Grizzly Man

2005·1h 43m·★ 7.7·Werner Herzog

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Ed Wood

1994·2h 7m·★ 7.8·Tim Burton

TMDB recommends

Air

2023·1h 52m·★ 7.4·Ben Affleck

TMDB recommends

83

2021·2h 40m·★ 7.5·Kabir Khan

TMDB recommends

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019·1h 35m·★ 7.6·Midge Costin

Fans also likedDocumentary & History

The Society of the Spectacle

1974·1h 30m·★ 7.2·Guy Debord

TMDB recommends

Bohemian Rhapsody

2018·2h 15m·★ 7.9·Bryan Singer

Themes: 1980s, 1970s

Casino

1995·2h 59m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

Themes: 1980s, 1970s

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