Movies Like Appointment with Danger

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

Chicago Deadline

1949·1h 26m·★ 6.3·Lewis Allen

2 shared crewDir. Lewis AllenDP: John F. Seitz

The Unseen

1945·1h 20m·★ 6.0·Lewis Allen

2 shared crewDir. Lewis AllenDP: John F. Seitz

Hell on Frisco Bay

1955·1h 38m·★ 6.4·Frank Tuttle

Both star Alan Ladd & Paul StewartDP: John F. SeitzCrime & Thriller & Drama

The Badlanders

1958·1h 25m·★ 6.4·Delmer Daves

DP: John F. SeitzStarring Alan LaddCrime & Drama

The Man in the Net

1959·1h 38m·★ 6.1·Michael Curtiz

DP: John F. SeitzStarring Alan LaddDrama & Thriller

The Lady from Shanghai

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Orson Welles

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller & Drama

A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller & Crime

Murder, My Sweet

1944·1h 35m·★ 7.5·Edward Dmytryk

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama & Thriller

Crime of Passion

1956·1h 26m·★ 6.4·Gerd Oswald

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime & Thriller

The Glass Key

1942·1h 25m·★ 7.0·Stuart Heisler

Fans also likedStarring Alan LaddCrime & Thriller

The Female Animal

1958·1h 23m·★ 6.1·Harry Keller

TMDB recommendsStarring Jan Sterling

Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Killing

1956·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Mildred Pierce

1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Gilda

1946·1h 50m·★ 7.6·Charles Vidor

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Angel Face

1953·1h 31m·★ 7.2·Otto Preminger

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Hardly a Criminal

1949·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Hugo Fregonese

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Cry Terror!

1958·1h 36m·★ 6.7·Andrew L. Stone

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Black Vampire

1953·1h 30m·★ 7.4·Román Viñoly Barreto

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Lady in the Lake

1946·1h 45m·★ 6.5·Robert Montgomery

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

How Good Is Appointment with Danger?

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