Movies Like White Shadows in the South Seas

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

Tarzan the Ape Man

1932·1h 40m·★ 6.9·W.S. Van Dyke

2 shared crewDir. W.S. Van DykeDP: Clyde De Vinna

Trader Horn

1931·2h 2m·★ 6.1·W.S. Van Dyke

2 shared crewDir. W.S. Van DykeDP: Clyde De Vinna

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

1919·1h 29m·★ 7.2·D.W. Griffith

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Swept from the Sea

1998·1h 53m·★ 6.7·Beeban Kidron

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I Walked with a Zombie

1943·1h 9m·★ 7.0·Jacques Tourneur

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1931·1h 26m·★ 7.3·F. W. Murnau

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There Will Be Blood

2007·2h 38m·★ 8.2·Paul Thomas Anderson

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City Lights

1931·1h 27m·★ 8.5·Charlie Chaplin

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The Gold Rush

1925·1h 35m·★ 8.1·Charlie Chaplin

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The General

1926·1h 19m·★ 8.1·Clyde Bruckman

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Pandora's Box

1929·2h 21m·★ 7.7·G.W. Pabst

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Dirty Dancing

1987·1h 40m·★ 7.1·Emile Ardolino

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Lord Jim

1965·2h 34m·★ 6.7·Richard Brooks

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The Passion of Joan of Arc

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How Good Is White Shadows in the South Seas?

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