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10 Best Movies Like Inherit the Wind

If you loved Inherit the Wind, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Cleopatra

Cleopatra

1963★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Inherit the Wind for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows ...

#2
The Good German

The Good German

2006★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Inherit the Wind for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion duri...

#3
The Liverpool Goalie

The Liverpool Goalie

2010★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Inherit the Wind for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jo (13) is a smart thinker with a vivid imagination, but is bothered by classmates, and is a rather hopeless soccer goalie. He does what he has to survive this difficult time in li...

#4
The Third Generation

The Third Generation

1979★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Inherit the Wind for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A wildly anarchic satire of guerrilla terrorism in which a band of leftist radicals inadvertently become puppets of the West German government, which uses them to justify its autho...

#5
The Dark Crystal

The Dark Crystal

1982★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Inherit the Wind for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Ske...

#6
RoboCop 2

RoboCop 2

1990★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Inherit the Wind for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nu...