Movies Like The Newcomers

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

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951·2h 5m·★ 7.9·Elia Kazan

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Law of Desire

1987·1h 42m·★ 7.1·Pedro Almodóvar

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Backdraft

1991·2h 17m·★ 6.7·Ron Howard

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The Memory of Water

2015·1h 28m·★ 6.1·Matías Bize

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C.R.A.Z.Y.

2005·2h 6m·★ 7.8·Jean-Marc Vallée

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The Silence

1963·1h 35m·★ 7.7·Ingmar Bergman

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A Better Tomorrow

1986·1h 35m·★ 7.4·John Woo

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Wuthering Heights

1939·1h 44m·★ 7.5·William Wyler

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Death and the Maiden

1994·1h 43m·★ 7.2·Roman Polanski

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Welcome to the Dollhouse

1996·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Todd Solondz

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Benny & Joon

1993·1h 38m·★ 7.1·Jeremiah S. Chechik

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Trade

2007·2h·★ 7.3·Marco Kreuzpaintner

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Whale Valley

2013·15m·★ 7.1·Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson

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Dark Blue Almost Black

2006·1h 45m·★ 7.1·Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

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And Along Come Tourists

2007·1h 25m·★ 6.8·Robert Thalheim

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The Good Neighbor

2022·1h 37m·★ 6.0·Stephan Rick

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The Hummingbird Project

2019·1h 51m·★ 6.2·Kim Nguyen

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Venus

2022·1h 41m·★ 5.5·Jaume Balagueró

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In Bed

2005·1h 25m·★ 6.1·Matías Bize

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Firstborn

1984·1h 43m·★ 6.2·Michael Apted

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How Good Is The Newcomers?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.