# Movies like The Idiot

> Films most similar to The Idiot (1951) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/the-idiot-1951/>

## 12 films in this list

- **[Rashomon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/rashomon-1950/)** (1950) — ★ 8.0 · 2,505 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, cerebral
- **[The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-men-who-tread-on-the-tiger-s-tail-1952/)** (1952) — ★ 6.7 · 100 votes · bittersweet, slow-burn
- **[Love Letter](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/love-letter-1953/)** (1953) — ★ 6.8 · 29 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[The Quiet Duel](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-quiet-duel-1949/)** (1949) — ★ 7.3 · 89 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, tender
- **[One Wonderful Sunday](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/one-wonderful-sunday-1947/)** (1947) — ★ 7.2 · 92 votes · bittersweet, cozy, tender
- **[Seven Samurai](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/seven-samurai-1954/)** (1954) — ★ 8.4 · 4,212 votes · foreign-gem, epic, playful
- **[Dodes'ka-den](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/dodes-ka-den-1970/)** (1970) — ★ 7.1 · 153 votes · gut-punch, slow-burn, tender
- **[Stray Dog](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/stray-dog-1949/)** (1949) — ★ 7.6 · 355 votes · foreign-gem, paranoid, raw
- **[The Bad Sleep Well](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-bad-sleep-well-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 7.7 · 280 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, cerebral
- **[I Live in Fear](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/i-live-in-fear-1955/)** (1955) — ★ 7.3 · 121 votes · foreign-gem, gut-punch, paranoid
- **[Throne of Blood](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/throne-of-blood-1957/)** (1957) — ★ 7.9 · 976 votes · foreign-gem, cerebral, dread
- **[Drunken Angel](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/drunken-angel-1948/)** (1948) — ★ 7.6 · 309 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, outsider

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