Movies Like An Open Secret

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

Janis: Little Girl Blue

2015·1h 46m·★ 7.4·Amy J. Berg

2 shared crewDir. Amy J. BergDP: Jenna Rosher

Capturing the Friedmans

2003·1h 47m·★ 7.6·Andrew Jarecki

Themes: sexual predator, pedophilia, sexual abuseFans also likedDocumentary & Crime

Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

Themes: sexual abuse, movie businessTMDB recommends

Square One

2019·1h 23m·★ 7.4·Danny Wu

Themes: pedophilia, child abuseFans also likedDocumentary & Crime

A Serbian Film

2010·1h 44m·★ 4.9·Srđan Spasojević

Themes: pedophilia, sexual abuse, rape

Cape Fear

1991·2h 8m·★ 7.3·Martin Scorsese

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Girl in the Picture

2022·1h 41m·★ 7.3·Skye Borgman

Themes: sexual abuse, child abuseCrime & Documentary

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019·2h 42m·★ 7.6·Quentin Tarantino

Themes: hollywood, movie business

Babylon

2022·3h 9m·★ 7.1·Damien Chazelle

Themes: hollywood, movie business

Once Upon a Time in America

1984·3h 49m·★ 8.3·Sergio Leone

Themes: sexual abuse, rape

Anatomy of a Murder

1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

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Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic

2011·1h 33m·★ 7.4·Andreas Baum

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Boys Don't Cry

1999·1h 58m·★ 7.5·Kimberly Peirce

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Water & Power: A California Heist

2017·1h 27m·★ 7.3·Marina Zenovich

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Frenzy

1972·1h 56m·★ 7.4·Alfred Hitchcock

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The Treatment

2014·2h 11m·★ 7.1·Hans Herbots

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Absolute Power

1997·2h 1m·★ 6.7·Clint Eastwood

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Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty

1938·1h 44m·★ 7.6·Leni Riefenstahl

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The Price of Gold

2014·1h 18m·★ 7.4·Nanette Burstein

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Ulysse

1986·22m·★ 7.3·Agnès Varda

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