Movies Like A Shock to the System

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

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944·1h 58m·★ 7.9·Frank Capra

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Once Upon a Time in America

1984·3h 49m·★ 8.3·Sergio Leone

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Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

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A Clockwork Orange

1971·2h 17m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

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Heat

1995·2h 50m·★ 8.3·Michael Mann

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Shrek

2001·1h 30m·★ 7.9·Andrew Adamson

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Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

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The Maltese Falcon

1941·1h 40m·★ 7.9·John Huston

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Blue Velvet

1986·2h·★ 7.7·David Lynch

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The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

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It Happened in Broad Daylight

1958·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Ladislao Vajda

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Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

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Closely Watched Trains

1966·1h 33m·★ 7.6·Jiří Menzel

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Bullitt

1968·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

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Tsotsi

2005·1h 34m·★ 7.2·Gavin Hood

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Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

2025·1h 42m·★ 6.2·Tolga Karaçelik

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Hot Blooded

2022·1h 59m·★ 5.8·Cheon Myeong-kwan

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Animal Farm

1999·1h 31m·★ 6.0·John Stephenson

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The Super Ninja

1984·1h 29m·★ 5.6·San Bao

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How Good Is A Shock to the System?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.