Movies Like Weighed But Found Wanting

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

Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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The First Slam Dunk

2022·2h 5m·★ 8.0·Takehiko Inoue

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Lilya 4-ever

2002·1h 49m·★ 7.8·Lukas Moodysson

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Rebel Without a Cause

1955·1h 51m·★ 7.6·Nicholas Ray

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Almost Famous

2000·2h 4m·★ 7.9·Cameron Crowe

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The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951·1h 32m·★ 7.7·Robert Wise

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The Basketball Diaries

1995·1h 42m·★ 7.3·Scott Kalvert

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The Outsiders

1983·1h 31m·★ 7.0·Francis Ford Coppola

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Show Me Love

1998·1h 29m·★ 7.5·Lukas Moodysson

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Strawberry and Chocolate

1993·1h 48m·★ 7.4·Tomás Gutiérrez Alea

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Moments in a Stolen Dream

1977·1h 52m·★ 7.1·Mike de Leon

Both star Christopher de Leon & Hilda Koronel

We're All Going to the World's Fair

2022·1h 26m·★ 5.4·Jane Schoenbrun

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Normal Adolescent Behavior

2007·1h 35m·★ 5.0·Beth Schacter

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Manila in the Claws of Light

1975·2h 7m·★ 7.8·Lino Brocka

Starring Hilda KoronelDir. Lino Brocka

Cain and Abel

1982·1h 51m·★ 7.1·Lino Brocka

Starring Christopher de LeonDir. Lino Brocka

Insiang

1976·1h 35m·★ 7.5·Lino Brocka

Starring Hilda KoronelDir. Lino Brocka

This Is My Country

1984·1h 48m·★ 7.1·Lino Brocka

Starring Lorli VillanuevaDir. Lino Brocka

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