Movies Like Blues in the Night

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

All This, and Heaven Too

1940·2h 21m·★ 7.4·Anatole Litvak

2 shared crewDir. Anatole LitvakDP: Ernest Haller

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939·1h 44m·★ 6.7·Anatole Litvak

2 shared crewDir. Anatole LitvakDP: Ernest Haller

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

2021·1h 57m·★ 8.0·Questlove

Themes: blues, jazzTMDB recommends

The Color Purple

1985·2h 34m·★ 7.7·Steven Spielberg

Themes: jazz singer or musician, jazzTMDB recommends

Almost Famous

2000·2h 4m·★ 7.9·Cameron Crowe

Themes: on the road, drug addictionTMDB recommendsDrama & Music

Whiplash

2014·1h 47m·★ 8.5·Damien Chazelle

Themes: jazz band, jazzDrama & Music

The Blues Brothers

1980·2h 13m·★ 7.9·John Landis

Themes: blues, jazzMusic & Crime

Soul

2020·1h 41m·★ 8.0·Pete Docter

Themes: jazz singer or musician, jazzDrama & Music

La La Land

2016·2h 9m·★ 8.0·Damien Chazelle

Themes: jazz club, jazz

The Roaring Twenties

1939·1h 44m·★ 7.9·Raoul Walsh

DP: Ernest HallerStarring Priscilla LaneCrime & Drama

Four Daughters

1938·1h 30m·★ 6.9·Michael Curtiz

DP: Ernest HallerStarring Priscilla LaneDrama & Music

Desert Warrior

2026·2h 6m·★ 4.2·Rupert Wyatt

Themes: helping a fugitive, fugitive

Bonnie and Clyde

1967·1h 51m·★ 7.7·Arthur Penn

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Highway

2014·2h 13m·★ 7.6·Imtiaz Ali

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Drugstore Cowboy

1989·1h 42m·★ 7.2·Gus Van Sant

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Killing Zoe

1993·1h 36m·★ 6.4·Roger Avary

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

North by Northwest

1959·2h 17m·★ 8.3·Alfred Hitchcock

Themes: on the road, fugitive

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005·1h 57m·★ 5.6·Jim Sheridan

Fans also likedDrama & Crime & Music

King Creole

1958·1h 56m·★ 7.0·Michael Curtiz

Fans also likedDrama & Music & Crime

The Wages of Fear

1953·2h 33m·★ 8.1·Henri-Georges Clouzot

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How Good Is Blues in the Night?

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