Movies Like Desperate

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

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1951·1h 28m·★ 6.8·Joseph Losey

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They Live by Night

1949·1h 36m·★ 7.4·Nicholas Ray

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Black Angel

1946·1h 21m·★ 6.9·Roy William Neill

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1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

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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

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A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

In Order of Disappearance

2014·1h 55m·★ 7.1·Hans Petter Moland

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Armored Car Robbery

1950·1h 7m·★ 7.0·Richard Fleischer

Both star Douglas Fowley & Steve BrodieThriller & Crime

Raw Deal

1948·1h 19m·★ 7.2·Anthony Mann

Starring Raymond BurrDir. Anthony MannCrime & Thriller

Pitfall

1948·1h 26m·★ 7.1·André de Toth

Fans also likedStarring Raymond Burr

Notorious

1946·1h 43m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

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White Heat

1949·1h 54m·★ 8.1·Raoul Walsh

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Arsenic and Old Lace

1944·1h 58m·★ 7.9·Frank Capra

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American Gangster

2007·2h 37m·★ 7.8·Ridley Scott

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Breathless

1960·1h 30m·★ 7.6·Jean-Luc Godard

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Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

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The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

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Nightfall

1956·1h 19m·★ 7.1·Jacques Tourneur

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How Good Is Desperate?

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