Movies Like Written By

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

Too Many Ways to Be No. 1

1997·1h 30m·★ 7.4·Wai Ka-Fai

2 shared crewDir. Wai Ka-FaiDP: Horace Wong Wing-Hang

Fantasia

2004·1h 43m·★ 5.4·Wai Ka-Fai

2 shared crewDir. Wai Ka-FaiDP: Horace Wong Wing-Hang

The Shopaholics

2006·1h 32m·★ 5.3·Wai Ka-Fai

2 shared crewDir. Wai Ka-FaiDP: Horace Wong Wing-Hang

Peace Hotel

1995·1h 30m·★ 6.1·Wai Ka-Fai

2 shared crewDir. Wai Ka-FaiDP: Horace Wong Wing-Hang

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts

2002·1h 37m·★ 6.7·Johnnie To

3 shared cast incl. Sean Lau Ching-wan & Kelly Lin Hsi-Lei

Once Were Warriors

1994·1h 39m·★ 7.9·Lee Tamahori

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Barren Lives

1963·1h 40m·★ 7.5·Nelson Pereira dos Santos

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Rouge

1987·1h 36m·★ 7.3·Stanley Kwan Kam-Pang

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Deconstructing Harry

1997·1h 36m·★ 7.3·Woody Allen

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Pierrot le Fou

1965·1h 50m·★ 7.4·Jean-Luc Godard

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The Wedding Banquet

1993·1h 48m·★ 7.6·Ang Lee

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Lisbon Story

1994·1h 40m·★ 7.1·Wim Wenders

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Aníkúlápó

2022·2h 22m·★ 5.5·Kunle Afolayan

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Lifeline

1997·1h 48m·★ 6.6·Johnnie To

Both star Sean Lau Ching-wan & Yuen Bun

The Band's Visit

2007·1h 23m·★ 7.5·Eran Kolirin

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Theorem

1968·1h 35m·★ 7.0·Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Dear Frankie

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.6·Shona Auerbach

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Peter Ibbetson

1935·1h 28m·★ 6.9·Henry Hathaway

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The Book of Daniel

2013·1h 28m·★ 6.2·Anna Zielinski

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Defending Your Life

1991·1h 51m·★ 7.2·Albert Brooks

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