Movies Like An American Tragedy

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

Shanghai Express

1932·1h 22m·★ 7.3·Josef von Sternberg

2 shared crewDir. Josef von SternbergDP: Lee Garmes

Dishonored

1931·1h 31m·★ 7.2·Josef von Sternberg

2 shared crewDir. Josef von SternbergDP: Lee Garmes

Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

2000·2h·★ 7.9·Ang Lee

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Jackie Brown

1997·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Quentin Tarantino

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Baader Meinhof Complex

2008·2h 29m·★ 7.3·Uli Edel

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007·2h 19m·★ 6.4·Mike Newell

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Good German

2006·1h 48m·★ 6.0·Steven Soderbergh

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

DP: Lee GarmesCrime & Drama

A Place in the Sun

1951·2h 2m·★ 7.7·George Stevens

Fans also likedDrama & Romance & Crime

Manhattan Melodrama

1934·1h 33m·★ 7.1·W.S. Van Dyke

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Romance

Party Girl

1958·1h 39m·★ 7.0·Nicholas Ray

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Fallen Angel

1945·1h 38m·★ 7.0·Otto Preminger

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A Clockwork Orange

1971·2h 17m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

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Witness for the Prosecution

1957·1h 56m·★ 8.4·Billy Wilder

Fans also likedDrama & Crime

Blade Runner

1982·1h 58m·★ 8.1·Ridley Scott

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All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

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Murder Most Foul

1964·1h 30m·★ 7.1·George Pollock

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

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Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

2021·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Ayumu Watanabe

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How Good Is An American Tragedy?

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