Movies Like Daybreak

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

The Seventh Veil

1945·1h 34m·★ 6.7·Compton Bennett

2 shared crewDir. Compton BennettDP: Reginald H. Wyer

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1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller & Crime

Cape Fear

1962·1h 45m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama & Crime

The Lady from Shanghai

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Orson Welles

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller & Drama

Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

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 Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Mildred Pierce

1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Gilda

1946·1h 50m·★ 7.6·Charles Vidor

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Hardly a Criminal

1949·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Hugo Fregonese

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Black Vampire

1953·1h 30m·★ 7.3·Román Viñoly Barreto

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

The Flying Scot

1957·1h 10m·★ 6.2·Compton Bennett

Crime & Drama & ThrillerStarring Margaret WithersDir. Compton Bennett

Odd Man Out

1947·1h 56m·★ 7.6·Carol Reed

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The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

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Footsteps in the Fog

1955·1h 30m·★ 7.0·Arthur Lubin

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Each Dawn I Die

1939·1h 32m·★ 7.2·William Keighley

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They Made Me a Fugitive

1947·1h 39m·★ 7.2·Alberto Cavalcanti

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1951·1h 28m·★ 6.8·Joseph Losey

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How Good Is Daybreak?

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