Movies Like Action Man

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

Maigret Sets a Trap

1958·1h 59m·★ 7.2·Jean Delannoy

Both star Jean Gabin & Lucienne BogaertDir. Jean DelannoyCrime & Drama

The Gardener of Argenteuil

1966·1h 26m·★ 5.6·Jean-Paul Le Chanois

DP: Walter WottitzStarring Jean Gabin

Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

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A Clockwork Orange

1971·2h 17m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

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Aparajito

1956·1h 50m·★ 8.2·Satyajit Ray

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Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957·2h 42m·★ 8.1·David Lean

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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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The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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The Asphalt Jungle

1950·1h 53m·★ 7.8·John Huston

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Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

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Dangerous Liaisons

1988·1h 59m·★ 7.5·Stephen Frears

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The Town

2010·2h 5m·★ 7.5·Ben Affleck

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Deadlier Than the Male

1956·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Julien Duvivier

Both star Jean Gabin & Lucienne Bogaert

Bullitt

1968·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

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The Damned Don't Cry

1950·1h 43m·★ 7.1·Vincent Sherman

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Don't Look Now

1973·1h 50m·★ 7.1·Nicolas Roeg

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Little Caesar

1931·1h 19m·★ 7.1·Mervyn LeRoy

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Plunder Road

1957·1h 12m·★ 6.9·Hubert Cornfield

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How Good Is Action Man?

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