Movies Like Five Star Final

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

Hi, Nellie!

1934·1h 15m·★ 6.8·Mervyn LeRoy

2 shared crewThemes: newspaper man, pre-codeDir. Mervyn LeRoy

Two Seconds

1932·1h 7m·★ 6.9·Mervyn LeRoy

2 shared crewDir. Mervyn LeRoyDP: Sol Polito

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932·1h 32m·★ 8.2·Mervyn LeRoy

2 shared crewDir. Mervyn LeRoyDP: Sol Polito

Three on a Match

1932·1h 3m·★ 7.1·Mervyn LeRoy

2 shared crewDir. Mervyn LeRoyDP: Sol Polito

Deadline - U.S.A.

1952·1h 27m·★ 7.2·Richard Brooks

Themes: press, newspaper editorFans also likedCrime & Drama

The Front Page

1931·1h 41m·★ 6.7·Lewis Milestone

Themes: newspaper editor, pre-codeFans also likedStarring George E. Stone

Little Caesar

1931·1h 19m·★ 7.1·Mervyn LeRoy

Both star Edward G. Robinson & George E. StoneDir. Mervyn LeRoyDrama & Crime

Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsStarring Boris KarloffCrime & Drama

M

1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Pandora's Box

1929·2h 21m·★ 7.7·G.W. Pabst

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Shanghai Express

1932·1h 22m·★ 7.3·Josef von Sternberg

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Heat Lightning

1934·1h 3m·★ 7.1·Mervyn LeRoy

Starring Aline MacMahonDir. Mervyn LeRoyCrime & Drama

Amadeus

1984·2h 40m·★ 8.4·Miloš Forman

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966·2h 11m·★ 8.0·Mike Nichols

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All the President's Men

1976·2h 18m·★ 7.9·Alan J. Pakula

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958·1h 48m·★ 7.9·Richard Brooks

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10 Things I Hate About You

1999·1h 37m·★ 7.4·Gil Junger

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A Few Good Men

1992·2h 18m·★ 7.8·Rob Reiner

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Meet Joe Black

1998·2h 58m·★ 7.2·Martin Brest

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Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

1931·1h 26m·★ 7.3·F. W. Murnau

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