Movies Like Train Dreams

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

Jockey

2021·1h 34m·★ 6.3·Clint Bentley

2 shared crewDir. Clint BentleyDP: Adolpho Veloso

Shutter Island

2010·2h 18m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

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Girl, Interrupted

1999·2h 7m·★ 7.3·James Mangold

Themes: meditative, introspective

Frankenstein

1931·1h 10m·★ 7.7·James Whale

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The Trial

1962·1h 59m·★ 7.6·Orson Welles

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Burning

2018·2h 28m·★ 7.4·Lee Chang-dong

Themes: meditative, introspective

From Here to Eternity

1953·1h 58m·★ 7.6·Fred Zinnemann

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931·1h 36m·★ 7.6·Rouben Mamoulian

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Runaway Jury

2003·2h 7m·★ 7.1·Gary Fleder

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The Madness of King George

1994·1h 47m·★ 7.2·Nicholas Hytner

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Lord Jim

1965·2h 34m·★ 6.7·Richard Brooks

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The World According to Garp

1982·2h 16m·★ 7.1·George Roy Hill

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The Da Vinci Code

2006·2h 29m·★ 6.7·Ron Howard

Themes: meditative, introspective

The Eagle Has Landed

1976·2h 15m·★ 6.9·John Sturges

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Ned Kelly

2003·1h 50m·★ 6.4·Gregor Jordan

Both star Joel Edgerton & Kerry Condon

The Great Flood

2025·1h 47m·★ 5.4·Kim Byung-woo

Themes: meditative, introspective

B. Monkey

1999·1h 34m·★ 5.9·Michael Radford

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A Story of the Forest: Mavka

1980·1h 23m·★ 6.7·Yurii Illienko

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The Astronaut's Wife

1999·1h 49m·★ 5.4·Rand Ravich

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The Hotel New Hampshire

1984·1h 50m·★ 5.8·Tony Richardson

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