Movies Like Wit

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

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2011·1h 40m·★ 7.6·Jonathan Levine

4 shared themes: chemotherapy, cancer, doctor...Fans also liked

A Single Man

2009·1h 40m·★ 7.5·Tom Ford

Themes: english professor, professorFans also liked

Winter Sleepers

1997·2h·★ 7.1·Tom Tykwer

Themes: nurse, hospitalTMDB recommends

Dying Young

1991·1h 51m·★ 6.0·Joel Schumacher

Themes: nurse, cancerFans also liked

Extreme Measures

1996·1h 58m·★ 6.2·Michael Apted

TMDB recommendsThemes: doctor, hospital

My Oxford Year

2025·1h 53m·★ 5.9·Iain Morris

Themes: professor, cancerFans also liked

Griffin & Phoenix

2006·1h 42m·★ 6.9·Ed Stone

Themes: cancer, doctorFans also liked

The Doctor

1991·2h 2m·★ 6.9·Randa Haines

Themes: doctor, hospitalFans also liked

Annihilation

2018·1h 55m·★ 6.8·Alex Garland

Themes: professor, cancerStarring Benedict Wong

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975·2h 13m·★ 8.6·Miloš Forman

Themes: nurse, hospitalStarring Christopher Lloyd

Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

Themes: poetry, professor

And the Band Played On

1993·2h 20m·★ 7.8·Roger Spottiswoode

TMDB recommendsDrama & TV Movie

Silent Hill

2006·2h 5m·★ 6.5·Christophe Gans

Themes: nurse, hospital

The Nurse on a Military Tour

1977·1h 24m·★ 4.7·Nando Cicero

Themes: nurse, doctor

Persona

1966·1h 25m·★ 8.0·Ingmar Bergman

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Red Beard

1965·3h 5m·★ 8.3·Akira Kurosawa

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Umberto D.

1952·1h 31m·★ 8.1·Vittorio De Sica

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Frankenstein: The True Story

1974·3h 6m·★ 7.1·Jack Smight

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Three Seasons

1999·1h 45m·★ 7.2·Tony Bui

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Life as a House

2001·2h 5m·★ 7.4·Irwin Winkler

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How Good Is Wit?

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