Movies Like Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages is a 1916 drama, history film from D.W. Griffith with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Greed and Elizabeth.

Drama History

Greed

1924

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.

7.3

MagicScore

Elizabeth

1998

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.

7.2

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Mary of Scotland

1936

The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her half-brother and her own Scottish lords.

6.2

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Entrée d'une noce à l'église

1897

A marriage procession following the bride and her father enter a church.

4.8

MagicScore

The Vicious Kind

2009

A man tries to warn his brother away from the new girlfriend he brings home during Thanksgiving, but ends up becoming infatuated with her in the process.

6.2

MagicScore

If These Walls Could Talk

1996

A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a recently widowed nurse struggling to take control of her life in the early 50s, a mother of four balancing raising a family and maintaining a career in the 70s, and a student making a difficult decision with the help of one woman that will change the course of both their lives in the 90s.

6.6

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Whatever Works

2009

Whatever Works explores the relationship between a crotchety misanthrope, Boris and a naïve, impressionable young runaway from the south, Melody. When Melody's uptight parents arrive in New York to rescue her, they are quickly drawn into wildly unexpected romantic entanglements. Everyone discovers that finding love is just a combination of lucky chance and appreciating the value of "whatever works."

7.1

MagicScore

Sir Arne's Treasure

1919

Three Scottish officers, including Sir Archi, murder Sir Arne and his household for a coffin filled with gold. The only survivor is Elsalill, who moves to relatives in Marstrand. There she meets a charming young officer- Sir Archi- and she soon understands that he was one of the murderers.

7.1

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The Story of the Kelly Gang

1906

Just as Galeen and Wegener's Der Golem (1915) can be seen as a testament to early German film artistry, The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) symbolizes both the birth of the Australian film industry and the emergence of an Australian cinema identity. Even more significantly, it heralds the emergence of the feature film format. However, only fragments of the original production of more than one hour are known to exist, preserved at the National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra; Efforts at reconstruction have made the film available to modern audiences.

5.2

MagicScore

#10

Satyricon

1969

After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

Metropolis

1927

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.

8.1

MagicScore

#12

J'accuse

1919

The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other's wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war.

7.4

MagicScore

#13

A Page of Madness

1926

A man takes a job at an asylum with hopes of freeing his imprisoned wife.

7.3

MagicScore

#14

Sadie Thompson

1928

A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy O'Hara, an American sailor who is unfazed by her unsavory past. However, Mr. Davidson, a missionary who arrived on the island at the same time, aims to "save" Sadie from her sinful life and petitions to have her separated from her beau and deported back to San Francisco.

6.5

MagicScore

#15

The Toll of the Sea

1923

A young Chinese woman saves an American man washed up onto the shore and the two fall in love, only for him to have second thoughts.

6.2

MagicScore

#16

The Wings

1916

The story is that of a conniving countess coming between a gay sculptor, Claude Zoret, and his bisexual model and lover, Mikaël, ultimately leading to Zoret's death in a raging storm at the base of a statue of Mikaël as the mythological Icarus. The film is missing 19 minutes of run time.

5.9

MagicScore

#17

The Perils of Pauline

1914

The Perils of Pauline is a motion picture serial shown in weekly installments featuring the actress Pearl White playing the title character. Pauline has often been cited as a famous example of a damsel-in-distress, although viewers will find her character more resourceful and less helpless than the classic 'damsel' stereotype. Nine episodes (from a condensed 1916 re-release) survive to this day.

5.7

MagicScore

#18

Erotikon

1920

Erotikon is a 1920 Swedish romantic comedy film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Tora Teje, Karin Molander, Anders de Wahl and Lars Hanson. It is based on the 1917 play A kék róka by Ferenc Herczeg. The story revolves around an entomology professor obsessed with the sexual life of bugs, and his easygoing wife who is courted by two suitors.

5.6

MagicScore

#19

Life in a Metro

2007

A group of Mumbai up-and-comers search for love and struggle for success in this ensemble drama that centers on an eager young call centre executive.

6.3

MagicScore

#20

Ben Hur

1907

The first adaptation of Lew Wallace's novel, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

4.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages?

The top films similar to Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages by MovieMagicScore are Greed (7.3), Elizabeth (7.2), Mary of Scotland (6.2). Each shares drama/history themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages worth watching?

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 361 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages?

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) is a drama, history film directed by D.W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron.

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This ranked list pairs Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916), a drama and history film from D.W. Griffith, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Lillian Gish 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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