10 Best Movies Like Carl Dreyer
If you loved Carl Dreyer, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carl Dreyer for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely by chance", without concern fo...

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carl Dreyer for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind....

The Art of Getting By
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carl Dreyer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated gir...

Man of a Thousand Faces
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carl Dreyer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney (1883-1930), the man of a thousand faces; bearer of many personal misfortune...

Mifune: The Last Samurai
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carl Dreyer for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema....

A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carl Dreyer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealt...