Movies Like Compulsion

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

Rope

1948·1h 21m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

Themes: superiority, philosophy, suspensefulFans also likedThriller & Crime & Drama

Primal Fear

1996·2h 10m·★ 7.7·Gregory Hoblit

Themes: death penalty, lawyer, suspensefulFans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Rampage

1987·1h 31m·★ 6.1·William Friedkin

Themes: courtroom, death penaltyFans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Just Mercy

2019·2h 17m·★ 7.6·Destin Daniel Cretton

Themes: death penalty, lawyerFans also likedDrama & Crime & History

12 Angry Men

1957·1h 37m·★ 9.0·Sidney Lumet

Themes: courtroom, death penaltyStarring E.G. Marshall

A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller & Crime

Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Hotel Rwanda

2004·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Terry George

TMDB recommendsDrama & History

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Payback

1999·1h 40m·★ 7.0·Brian Helgeland

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Death Sentence

2007·1h 45m·★ 6.7·James Wan

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Blindfire

2020·1h 23m·★ 4.9·Michael Nell

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The Pelican Brief

1993·2h 21m·★ 6.6·Alan J. Pakula

Fans also likedThriller & Crime & Drama

In Too Deep

1999·1h 35m·★ 6.2·Michael Rymer

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller & Crime

Cop

1988·1h 50m·★ 6.4·James B. Harris

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Driven

2019·1h 53m·★ 6.4·Nick Hamm

Fans also likedThriller & History & Crime

Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

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Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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A Clockwork Orange

1971·2h 17m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

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How Good Is Compulsion?

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