Movies Like Among the Living

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

The Glass Key

1942·1h 25m·★ 7.0·Stuart Heisler

2 shared crewDir. Stuart HeislerDP: Theodor Sparkuhl

Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

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The Killing

1956·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

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The Lady from Shanghai

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Orson Welles

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Murder, My Sweet

1944·1h 35m·★ 7.5·Edward Dmytryk

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Cry Terror!

1958·1h 36m·★ 6.7·Andrew L. Stone

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Crime of Passion

1956·1h 26m·★ 6.4·Gerd Oswald

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Lady in the Lake

1946·1h 45m·★ 6.5·Robert Montgomery

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Tokyo Joe

1949·1h 28m·★ 6.3·Stuart Heisler

Starring Gordon JonesDir. Stuart HeislerThriller & Crime

Rebecca

1940·2h 10m·★ 8.0·Alfred Hitchcock

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Notorious

1946·1h 43m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

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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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The 39 Steps

1935·1h 26m·★ 7.6·Alfred Hitchcock

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He Ran All the Way

1951·1h 17m·★ 7.0·John Berry

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Angel Face

1953·1h 31m·★ 7.2·Otto Preminger

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The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

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Nightfall

1956·1h 19m·★ 7.1·Jacques Tourneur

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Hardly a Criminal

1949·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Hugo Fregonese

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Each Dawn I Die

1939·1h 32m·★ 7.2·William Keighley

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How Good Is Among the Living?

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