Movies Like The Search

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

The Artist

2011·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Michel Hazanavicius

2 shared crewDir. Michel HazanaviciusDP: Guillaume Schiffman

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies

2006·1h 39m·★ 7.0·Michel Hazanavicius

2 shared crewDir. Michel HazanaviciusDP: Guillaume Schiffman

Godard Mon Amour

2017·1h 48m·★ 6.6·Michel Hazanavicius

2 shared crewDir. Michel HazanaviciusDP: Guillaume Schiffman

The Lost Prince

2020·1h 41m·★ 5.4·Michel Hazanavicius

2 shared crewDir. Michel HazanaviciusDP: Guillaume Schiffman

OSS 117: Lost in Rio

2009·1h 40m·★ 6.8·Michel Hazanavicius

2 shared crewDir. Michel HazanaviciusDP: Guillaume Schiffman

Seven Samurai

1954·3h 27m·★ 8.6·Akira Kurosawa

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Full Metal Jacket

1987·1h 57m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

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Grand Illusion

1937·1h 54m·★ 8.0·Jean Renoir

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The Old Gun

1975·1h 43m·★ 7.5·Robert Enrico

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The French Revolution

1989·5h 35m·★ 7.7·Richard T. Heffron

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The Cuckoo

2002·1h 40m·★ 7.7·Aleksandr Rogozhkin

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Shanghai Express

1932·1h 22m·★ 7.3·Josef von Sternberg

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Wag the Dog

1997·1h 37m·★ 7.1·Barry Levinson

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'71

2014·1h 39m·★ 7.2·Yann Demange

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Clear and Present Danger

1994·2h 21m·★ 6.9·Phillip Noyce

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Things to Come

1936·1h 40m·★ 6.6·William Cameron Menzies

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G.I. Jane

1997·2h 5m·★ 6.1·Ridley Scott

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Lions for Lambs

2007·1h 32m·★ 6.2·Robert Redford

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Hear the Silence

2016·1h 34m·★ 5.9·Ed Ehrenberg

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Final Cut

2022·1h 50m·★ 6.3·Michel Hazanavicius

Starring Bérénice BejoDir. Michel Hazanavicius

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