Movies Like Cry of the Hunted

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

The Defiant Ones

1958·1h 36m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kramer

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Swamp Water

1941·1h 30m·★ 7.0·Jean Renoir

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Roofman

2025·2h 6m·★ 6.9·Derek Cianfrance

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M

1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

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Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

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The Maltese Falcon

1941·1h 40m·★ 7.9·John Huston

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The Killing

1956·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

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The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Drop Zone

1994·1h 41m·★ 5.6·John Badham

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Rebecca

1940·2h 10m·★ 8.0·Alfred Hitchcock

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Notorious

1946·1h 43m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

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True Romance

1993·2h 1m·★ 7.9·Tony Scott

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Bonnie and Clyde

1967·1h 51m·★ 7.7·Arthur Penn

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Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

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The Bourne Ultimatum

2007·1h 55m·★ 8.0·Paul Greengrass

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The 39 Steps

1935·1h 26m·★ 7.6·Alfred Hitchcock

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To Catch a Thief

1955·1h 46m·★ 7.4·Alfred Hitchcock

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The Bourne Supremacy

2004·1h 48m·★ 7.7·Paul Greengrass

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He Ran All the Way

1951·1h 17m·★ 7.0·John Berry

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Crime Wave

1953·1h 13m·★ 7.3·André de Toth

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How Good Is Cry of the Hunted?

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