Movies Like The Philosopher's Stone

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

Kanchenjungha

1962·1h 42m·★ 7.9·Satyajit Ray

2 shared crewBoth star Chhabi Biswas & Haridhan MukhopadhyayDir. Satyajit Ray

The Music Room

1958·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Satyajit Ray

2 shared crewBoth star Chhabi Biswas & Gangapada BasuDir. Satyajit Ray

Pather Panchali

1955·2h 5m·★ 8.2·Satyajit Ray

2 shared crewDir. Satyajit RayDP: Subrata Mitra

The World of Apu

1959·1h 45m·★ 8.4·Satyajit Ray

2 shared crewDir. Satyajit RayDP: Subrata Mitra

Charulata

1964·1h 57m·★ 8.1·Satyajit Ray

2 shared crewDir. Satyajit RayDP: Subrata Mitra

Ajantrik

1958·1h 42m·★ 7.5·Ritwik Ghatak

3 shared cast incl. Kali Bannerjee & Gangapada Basu

The Holy Man

1965·1h 5m·★ 7.0·Satyajit Ray

Both star Santosh Dutta & Haridhan MukhopadhyayDir. Satyajit Ray

Momo

1986·1h 41m·★ 6.5·Johannes Schaaf

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The Emperor and the Golem

1952·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Martin Frič

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Three Daughters

1961·2h 53m·★ 7.9·Satyajit Ray

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Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne

1969·2h 9m·★ 8.7·Satyajit Ray

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The Wrong Trousers

1993·30m·★ 8.3·Nick Park

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1996·30m·★ 8.1·Nick Park

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1990·24m·★ 7.7·Nick Park

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1967·1h 24m·★ 6.7·Jack Hill

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How Good Is The Philosopher's Stone?

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