Movies Like Five Minutes to Live

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

Dead Man's Wire

2026·1h 46m·★ 6.4·Gus Van Sant

Themes: banker, hostageCrime & Thriller

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

A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

The Baader Meinhof Complex

2008·2h 29m·★ 7.3·Uli Edel

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

TransSiberian

2008·1h 51m·★ 6.6·Brad Anderson

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

Miami Vice

2006·2h 12m·★ 6.1·Michael Mann

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Young Adam

2003·1h 33m·★ 6.3·David Mackenzie

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

It

2017·2h 15m·★ 7.3·Andy Muschietti

Themes: killer, small town

Cash on Demand

1961·1h 20m·★ 7.5·Quentin Lawrence

Fans also likedCrime & Thriller

Trouble in Paradise

1932·1h 23m·★ 7.9·Ernst Lubitsch

TMDB recommends

Boys Don't Cry

1999·1h 58m·★ 7.5·Kimberly Peirce

TMDB recommends

Sleepy Hollow

1999·1h 45m·★ 7.3·Tim Burton

TMDB recommends

Munich

2005·2h 44m·★ 7.5·Steven Spielberg

TMDB recommends

Crime Wave

1953·1h 13m·★ 7.3·André de Toth

Fans also likedCrime & Thriller

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Tay Garnett

Fans also likedCrime & Thriller

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977·2h 5m·★ 7.0·Lewis Gilbert

TMDB recommends

Tension

1949·1h 35m·★ 7.3·John Berry

Fans also likedThriller & Crime

Cul-de-sac

1966·1h 52m·★ 7.0·Roman Polanski

Fans also likedThriller & Crime

The Killer Is Loose

1956·1h 13m·★ 6.6·Budd Boetticher

Fans also likedCrime & Thriller

How Good Is Five Minutes to Live?

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