Movies Like The Shipping News

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

The Cider House Rules

1999·2h 6m·★ 7.4·Lasse Hallström

2 shared crewDir. Lasse HallströmDP: Oliver Stapleton

An Unfinished Life

2005·1h 48m·★ 7.0·Lasse Hallström

2 shared crewDir. Lasse HallströmDP: Oliver Stapleton

The Hoax

2006·1h 56m·★ 6.6·Lasse Hallström

2 shared crewDir. Lasse HallströmDP: Oliver Stapleton

Vixen!

1968·1h 11m·★ 5.6·Russ Meyer

Themes: fishing, adultery

Animal Farm

1999·1h 31m·★ 6.0·John Stephenson

TMDB recommendsStarring Pete Postlethwaite

Dirty Dancing

1987·1h 40m·★ 7.1·Emile Ardolino

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Dangerous Liaisons

1988·1h 59m·★ 7.5·Stephen Frears

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Highway

2014·2h 13m·★ 7.6·Imtiaz Ali

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Playing by Heart

1998·2h 1m·★ 6.9·Willard Carroll

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Thing

1982·1h 49m·★ 8.2·John Carpenter

Themes: isolation, survival

The Martian

2015·2h 21m·★ 8.0·Ridley Scott

Themes: isolation, survival

Chocolat

2000·2h 1m·★ 7.2·Lasse Hallström

Starring Judi DenchDir. Lasse HallströmDrama & Romance

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

2019·1h 49m·★ 6.5·Richard Linklater

Fans also likedStarring Cate Blanchett

Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

TMDB recommends

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

2003·1h 43m·★ 8.0·Kim Ki-duk

TMDB recommends

Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

TMDB recommends

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957·2h 42m·★ 8.1·David Lean

TMDB recommends

Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommends

The Choice

2016·1h 51m·★ 6.5·Ross Katz

Fans also likedDrama & Romance

Little Children

2006·2h 17m·★ 7.5·Todd Field

Fans also likedDrama & Romance

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