Movies Like The Magnificent Ambersons

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

Citizen Kane

1941·1h 59m·★ 8.2·Orson Welles

5 shared cast incl. Orson Welles & Joseph CottenDir. Orson Welles

Four Weddings and a Funeral

1994·1h 57m·★ 7.1·Mike Newell

Themes: marriage proposal, love of one's lifeTMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Revolutionary Road

2008·1h 59m·★ 7.3·Sam Mendes

Themes: marriage crisis, jealousyFans also likedDrama & Romance

Journey into Fear

1943·1h 8m·★ 6.5·Norman Foster

3 shared cast incl. Joseph Cotten & Agnes Moorehead

Touch of Evil

1958·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Orson Welles

Both star Orson Welles & Ray CollinsDir. Orson Welles

F for Fake

1973·1h 29m·★ 7.7·Orson Welles

Both star Orson Welles & Joseph CottenDir. Orson Welles

Macbeth

1948·1h 47m·★ 7.4·Orson Welles

Both star Orson Welles & Erskine SanfordDir. Orson Welles

The Lady from Shanghai

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Orson Welles

Both star Orson Welles & Erskine SanfordDir. Orson Welles

Too Much Johnson

2013·1h 6m·★ 5.7·Orson Welles

Both star Joseph Cotten & Orson WellesDir. Orson Welles

All That Heaven Allows

1955·1h 29m·★ 7.6·Douglas Sirk

Fans also likedStarring Agnes MooreheadDrama & Romance

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004·1h 48m·★ 8.3·Michel Gondry

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Brokeback Mountain

2005·2h 14m·★ 7.7·Ang Lee

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Edward Scissorhands

1990·1h 45m·★ 7.8·Tim Burton

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961·1h 55m·★ 7.5·Blake Edwards

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

Bed and Board

1970·1h 37m·★ 7.4·François Truffaut

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Muriel's Wedding

1994·1h 46m·★ 7.3·P.J. Hogan

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007·2h 19m·★ 6.4·Mike Newell

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Good German

2006·1h 48m·★ 6.0·Steven Soderbergh

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

To Take A Wife

2004·1h 37m·★ 7.1·Ronit Elkabetz

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Immortal Story

1968·58m·★ 6.9·Orson Welles

Starring Orson WellesDir. Orson WellesDrama & Romance

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