Movies Like Dark City

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

House of Games

1987·1h 42m·★ 7.2·David Mamet

Themes: con man, gamblingFans also likedCrime & Thriller & Drama

Molly's Game

2017·2h 21m·★ 7.4·Aaron Sorkin

Themes: poker, gamblingFans also likedDrama & Crime

Rounders

1998·2h 1m·★ 7.3·John Dahl

Themes: poker, gamblingFans also likedDrama & Crime

Killing Them Softly

2012·1h 37m·★ 6.2·Andrew Dominik

Themes: poker, gamblingFans also likedCrime & Thriller

Lucky You

2007·2h 4m·★ 5.9·Curtis Hanson

Themes: poker, gamblingTMDB recommends

The Set-Up

1949·1h 13m·★ 7.8·Robert Wise

Themes: gambling, film noirFans also likedDrama & Crime

Johnny O'Clock

1947·1h 35m·★ 6.8·Robert Rossen

Themes: gambling, film noirFans also likedCrime & Drama

Johnny Eager

1941·1h 47m·★ 7.1·Mervyn LeRoy

Themes: gambling, film noirFans also likedCrime & Drama

Casino

1995·2h 59m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

Themes: poker, gamblingCrime & Drama

Catch Me If You Can

2002·2h 21m·★ 8.1·Steven Spielberg

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Killing

1956·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Training Day

2001·2h 2m·★ 7.8·Antoine Fuqua

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Our Mother's House

1967·1h 45m·★ 7.2·Jack Clayton

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Hardly a Criminal

1949·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Hugo Fregonese

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Pacific Heights

1990·1h 42m·★ 6.4·John Schlesinger

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama

The Black Vampire

1953·1h 30m·★ 7.4·Román Viñoly Barreto

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Lady in the Lake

1946·1h 45m·★ 6.5·Robert Montgomery

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Suicide Kings

1997·1h 46m·★ 6.9·Peter O'Fallon

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

How Good Is Dark City?

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