Movies Like Bad Seed

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

Road to Perdition

2002·1h 57m·★ 7.6·Sam Mendes

Themes: spoiled son, 1930sTMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Pierrot le Fou

1965·1h 50m·★ 7.4·Jean-Luc Godard

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance & Crime

Club de femmes

1936·1h 21m·★ 6.2·Jacques Deval

Both star Danielle Darrieux & Raymond GalleComedy & Crime & Drama

The Lovers on the Bridge

1991·2h 6m·★ 7.6·Leos Carax

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

A Very Long Engagement

2004·2h 13m·★ 7.6·Jean-Pierre Jeunet

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Things of Life

1970·1h 29m·★ 7.4·Claude Sautet

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Last Adventure

1967·1h 52m·★ 7.0·Robert Enrico

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Public Enemies

2009·2h 20m·★ 6.9·Michael Mann

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Hunting & Gathering

2007·1h 37m·★ 6.7·Claude Berri

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

The Lady and the Duke

2001·2h 9m·★ 6.8·Éric Rohmer

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Chopsticks

2019·1h 40m·★ 6.5·Sachin Yardi

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

Little Indian, Big City

1994·1h 30m·★ 5.7·Hervé Palud

TMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

Not on My Watch

2017·1h 25m·★ 5.4·Emmanuelle Cuau

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Crime Is Mine

2023·1h 43m·★ 6.5·François Ozon

Fans also likedCrime & Comedy & Drama

The Little Thief

1988·1h 50m·★ 6.8·Claude Miller

Fans also likedRomance & Drama & Crime

The Trouble with You

2018·1h 48m·★ 6.2·Pierre Salvadori

Fans also likedComedy & Drama & Romance & Crime

Thick as Thieves

1999·1h 33m·★ 5.8·Scott Sanders

Fans also likedDrama & Comedy & Crime

The Tenant

1976·2h 6m·★ 7.5·Roman Polanski

TMDB recommends

The Sucker

1965·1h 51m·★ 7.3·Gérard Oury

Fans also likedComedy & Crime

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953·1h 31m·★ 7.1·Howard Hawks

Fans also likedComedy & Romance

How Good Is Bad Seed?

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