Movies Like The Night of the Iguana (1964)

The Night of the Iguana is a 1964 drama, romance film from John Huston with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with First Reformed and If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium.

Drama Romance

First Reformed

2018

A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.

7.0

MagicScore

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

1969

A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.

5.8

MagicScore

Madea's Family Reunion

2006

Southern matriarch Madea has a lot on her plate. Her nieces, Vanessa and Lisa, have relationship troubles - Vanessa moves into Madea's house with her 2 young children and Lisa is engaged to a controlling man that her mother set her up with. In addition, Madea has just been court-ordered to become the guardian of Nikki, a rebellious runaway teenager. Madea must keep the peace and her family together while simultaneously planning her clan's reunion.

6.4

MagicScore

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1934

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.

6.0

MagicScore

Italian for Beginners

2000

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in Italian as the platform to meet the romance of their lives. The film, which unspools the connections and family drama shared between the students, complies with several aesthetic principles of Dogme 95 movement.

6.4

MagicScore

The Black Widow

1977

Intrigues and secrets come together because of a woman, who has the protection of the parish priest.

6.6

MagicScore

And Along Come Tourists

2007

Sven arrives in nowadays Auschwitz to do his civil service at the memorial. He encounters unfriendliness, especially by Stanislaw Krzeminski, the 85 year old KZ-survivor, and Krzysztof Lanuszewski, brother of his early love affair Ania. Even his boss Herold, the places manager, does little to help Sven familiarize. But when problems accumulate Sven realises that he already has become involved.

6.6

MagicScore

Eureka

2000

In rural Japan, the survivors of a tragedy converge and attempt to overcome their damaged selves, all while a serial killer is on the loose.

7.7

MagicScore

The Passenger

1975

David Locke is a world-weary American journalist who has been sent to cover a conflict in northern Africa, but he makes little progress with the story. When he discovers the body of a stranger who looks similar to him, Locke assumes the dead man's identity. However, he soon finds out that the man was an arms dealer, leading Locke into dangerous situations. Aided by a beautiful woman, Locke attempts to avoid both the police and criminals out to get him.

7.2

MagicScore

#10

Ordinary

2012

Iravi works as a bus conductor on a bus that shuttles between a city and a hill station. His life changes when he gets involved in the villager's problems.

6.4

MagicScore

#11

The Cyclops

1957

A test pilot is missing and a search party is sent out in the jungles of Mexico; however, while searching they uncover a monster in the jungle who became this way due to a dose of radioactivity.

4.5

MagicScore

#12

Party Bus To Hell

2017

When a party bus on it's way to the Burning Man music festival breaks down in the desert and in the middle of a group of Satanic devil worshippers, all hell literally breaks loose. A massacre leaves seven survivors trapped in the bus, fighting for their lives while wondering if someone or others are not who they seem.

4.7

MagicScore

#13

Bloody New Year

1987

Six shipwrecked English teenagers take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them…

5.2

MagicScore

#14

Le Divorce

2003

While visiting her sister in Paris, a young woman finds romance and learns her brother-in-law is a philanderer.

4.9

MagicScore

#15

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

1987

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.

6.5

MagicScore

#16

The Windmill Massacre

2016

Jennifer, an Australian girl on the run from her past, turns up in Amsterdam and, in a desperate attempt to blend in, joins a coach-load of tourists on a tour of Holland's old windmills. When the bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere, she and the other tourists are forced to seek shelter in a disused shed beside a sinister windmill where a devil-worshiping miller once ground the bones of locals instead of grain. As members of the group start to disappear, Jennifer learns that they all have something in common – a shared secret that seems to mark them all for doom.

5.0

MagicScore

#17

I Am Michael

2015

The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.

5.5

MagicScore

#18

Nazarin

1959

After hiding a murderer, a Catholic priest is forced into self-exile and decides to embark on a pilgrimage through the Mexican countryside.

7.6

MagicScore

#19

Summer and Smoke

1961

In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.

6.5

MagicScore

#20

Killer's Moon

1978

Four mental patients - who, due to unauthorized experiments, believe they're living in a dream and have shed all moral imperatives - escape and find their way to the nearest bus-load of stranded schoolgirls.

4.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Night of the Iguana?

The top films similar to The Night of the Iguana by MovieMagicScore are First Reformed (7.0), If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (5.8), Madea's Family Reunion (6.4). Each shares drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Night of the Iguana worth watching?

The Night of the Iguana holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 158 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Night of the Iguana?

The Night of the Iguana (1964) is a drama, romance film directed by John Huston, starring Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Deborah Kerr.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Night of the Iguana?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Night of the Iguana

This ranked list pairs The Night of the Iguana (1964), a drama and romance film from John Huston, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Richard Burton take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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