Movies Like Where East Is East

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

Indochine

1992·2h 39m·★ 7.0·Régis Wargnier

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The Graduate

1967·1h 46m·★ 8.0·Mike Nichols

Themes: mother seduces daughter's fiancee, older woman seduces younger guy, seduction

That's My Boy

2012·1h 56m·★ 5.6·Sean Anders

Themes: imminent wedding, older woman seduces younger guy

Red Dust

1932·1h 23m·★ 7.2·Victor Fleming

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Apocalypse Now

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

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Full Metal Jacket

1987·1h 57m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927·1h 34m·★ 8.1·F. W. Murnau

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Battleship Potemkin

1925·1h 15m·★ 7.9·Sergei Eisenstein

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The Killing Fields

1984·2h 22m·★ 7.8·Roland Joffé

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The Blue Angel

1930·1h 48m·★ 7.6·Josef von Sternberg

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October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

1928·1h 55m·★ 7.4·Sergei Eisenstein

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Absolute Power

1997·2h 1m·★ 6.7·Clint Eastwood

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The Party

1980·1h 50m·★ 6.7·Claude Pinoteau

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The Lovers

1958·1h 31m·★ 7.1·Louis Malle

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The Party 2

1982·1h 49m·★ 6.3·Claude Pinoteau

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Paradise Found

2003·1h 29m·★ 5.7·Mario Andreacchio

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Wild Things

1998·1h 48m·★ 6.6·John McNaughton

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Mr. Wu

1927·1h 31m·★ 6.3·William Nigh

Both star Lon Chaney & Mrs. Wong Wing

Pleasure or Pain

2013·1h 42m·★ 4.2·Zalman King

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The Unknown

1927·1h 8m·★ 7.7·Tod Browning

Starring Lon ChaneyDir. Tod Browning

How Good Is Where East Is East?

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