Movies Like The Naked Island

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

The Heart

1973·1h 30m·★ 7.0·Kaneto Shindō

2 shared crewBoth star Nobuko Otowa & Taiji TonoyamaDir. Kaneto Shindō

Onibaba

1964·1h 45m·★ 7.8·Kaneto Shindō

2 shared crewBoth star Nobuko Otowa & Taiji TonoyamaDir. Kaneto Shindō

Kuroneko

1968·1h 40m·★ 7.7·Kaneto Shindō

2 shared crewBoth star Nobuko Otowa & Taiji TonoyamaDir. Kaneto Shindō

Edo Porn

1981·1h 59m·★ 6.4·Kaneto Shindō

Both star Nobuko Otowa & Taiji TonoyamaDir. Kaneto Shindō

American History X

1998·1h 59m·★ 8.5·Tony Kaye

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Gladiator

2000·2h 35m·★ 8.5·Ridley Scott

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Before Sunrise

1995·1h 41m·★ 8.1·Richard Linklater

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The 400 Blows

1959·1h 39m·★ 8.0·François Truffaut

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The Wages of Fear

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

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Anatomy of a Murder

1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

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Wings of Desire

1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul

1974·1h 33m·★ 8.0·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Amores Perros

2000·2h 34m·★ 8.0·Alejandro González Iñárritu

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All About My Mother

1999·1h 41m·★ 7.8·Pedro Almodóvar

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Three Colors: Blue

1993·1h 38m·★ 7.8·Krzysztof Kieślowski

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Breaking the Waves

1996·2h 39m·★ 7.8·Lars von Trier

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Lost in Translation

2003·1h 42m·★ 7.7·Sofia Coppola

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A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

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Zatoichi

2003·1h 56m·★ 7.4·Takeshi Kitano

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Natural Born Killers

1994·1h 59m·★ 7.2·Oliver Stone

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How Good Is The Naked Island?

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