Movies Like A Killing in a Small Town

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

A Dangerous Woman

1993·1h 42m·★ 5.7·Stephen Gyllenhaal

2 shared crewBoth star Barbara Hershey & John TerryDir. Stephen Gyllenhaal

Paris Trout

1991·1h 33m·★ 6.4·Stephen Gyllenhaal

2 shared crewDir. Stephen GyllenhaalDP: Robert Elswit

Waterland

1992·1h 35m·★ 6.6·Stephen Gyllenhaal

2 shared crewDir. Stephen GyllenhaalDP: Robert Elswit

Cold in July

2014·1h 49m·★ 6.7·Jim Mickle

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All the President's Men

1976·2h 18m·★ 7.9·Alan J. Pakula

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Cohen and Tate

1989·1h 26m·★ 6.3·Eric Red

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A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

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Willenbrock

2005·1h 45m·★ 6.8·Andreas Dresen

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No One Would Tell

1996·1h 28m·★ 6.6·Noel Nosseck

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I Am Elizabeth Smart

2017·1h 25m·★ 6.3·Sarah Walker

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Ray Donovan: The Movie

2022·1h 40m·★ 6.8·David Hollander

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Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise

2015·1h 27m·★ 7.3·Robert Harmon

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Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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Saving Private Ryan

1998·2h 49m·★ 8.6·Steven Spielberg

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Judgment at Nuremberg

1961·3h 11m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kramer

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Hotel Rwanda

2004·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Terry George

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Cinderella Man

2005·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Ron Howard

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Almost Famous

2000·2h 4m·★ 7.9·Cameron Crowe

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Saw

2004·1h 43m·★ 7.6·James Wan

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Psych 3: This Is Gus

2021·1h 36m·★ 7.5·Steve Franks

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How Good Is A Killing in a Small Town?

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