Movies Like Cause for Alarm!

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

The Valley of Decision

1945·1h 59m·★ 7.3·Tay Garnett

2 shared crewDir. Tay GarnettDP: Joseph Ruttenberg

Mrs. Parkington

1944·2h 4m·★ 7.0·Tay Garnett

2 shared crewDir. Tay GarnettDP: Joseph Ruttenberg

Side Street

1950·1h 23m·★ 7.1·Anthony Mann

DP: Joseph RuttenbergFans also likedThriller & Crime

Klaus

2019·1h 37m·★ 8.2·Sergio Pablos

Themes: postman, letter

M

1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller & Crime

This Man Must Die

1969·1h 53m·★ 7.6·Claude Chabrol

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama & Crime

Natural Born Killers

1994·1h 59m·★ 7.2·Oliver Stone

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller & Drama

Framed

1947·1h 22m·★ 6.9·Richard Wallace

Fans also likedStarring Barry SullivanCrime & Drama

Dial M for Murder

1954·1h 45m·★ 8.1·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Maltese Falcon

1941·1h 40m·★ 7.9·John Huston

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Killing

1956·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

WarGames

1983·1h 54m·★ 7.1·John Badham

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama

Shaft

1971·1h 40m·★ 6.6·Gordon Parks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

They Made Me a Fugitive

1947·1h 39m·★ 7.2·Alberto Cavalcanti

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Whirlpool

1950·1h 38m·★ 6.7·Otto Preminger

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M

1951·1h 28m·★ 6.8·Joseph Losey

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How Good Is Cause for Alarm!?

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