Movies Like A Cry in the Night

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

This Gun for Hire

1942·1h 21m·★ 7.3·Frank Tuttle

2 shared crewDir. Frank TuttleDP: John F. Seitz

Hell on Frisco Bay

1955·1h 38m·★ 6.4·Frank Tuttle

2 shared crewDir. Frank TuttleDP: John F. Seitz

Island of Lost Women

1959·1h 11m·★ 5.1·Frank Tuttle

2 shared crewDir. Frank TuttleDP: John F. Seitz

The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

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The Glass Key

1942·1h 25m·★ 7.0·Stuart Heisler

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1951·1h 28m·★ 6.8·Joseph Losey

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1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

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Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Cape Fear

1962·1h 45m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

The Lady from Shanghai

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Orson Welles

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964·1h 56m·★ 7.5·Bryan Forbes

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

In Order of Disappearance

2014·1h 55m·★ 7.1·Hans Petter Moland

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

The Little Things

2021·2h 8m·★ 6.3·John Lee Hancock

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Mildred Pierce

1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

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Gilda

1946·1h 50m·★ 7.6·Charles Vidor

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Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

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Hardly a Criminal

1949·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Hugo Fregonese

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Fear of Rain

2021·1h 49m·★ 6.0·Castille Landon

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How Good Is A Cry in the Night?

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