Movies Like I Don't Want to Be Born

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

Nothing But the Night

1973·1h 30m·★ 5.5·Peter Sasdy

2 shared crewDir. Peter SasdyDP: Kenneth Talbot

Hands of the Ripper

1971·1h 25m·★ 6.2·Peter Sasdy

2 shared crewDir. Peter SasdyDP: Kenneth Talbot

Doomwatch

1972·1h 32m·★ 5.5·Peter Sasdy

2 shared crewDir. Peter SasdyDP: Kenneth Talbot

Countess Dracula

1971·1h 33m·★ 5.9·Peter Sasdy

2 shared crewDir. Peter SasdyDP: Kenneth Talbot

Hardware

1990·1h 33m·★ 6.0·Richard Stanley

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Ed Kemper

2025·1h 32m·★ 5.0·Chad Ferrin

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Bones

2001·1h 37m·★ 4.5·Ernest R. Dickerson

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Deep in the Woods

2000·1h 30m·★ 4.1·Lionel Delplanque

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Succubus

2024·1h 43m·★ 4.7·R.J. Daniel Hanna

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Shutter Island

2010·2h 18m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

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Frank and Penelope

2022·1h 52m·★ 5.4·Sean Patrick Flanery

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Cro Minion

2015·5m·★ 6.1·Régis Schuller

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Cheat

2023·1h 25m·★ 3.4·Nick Psinakis

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The Crying Game

1992·1h 52m·★ 7.2·Neil Jordan

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The Howling

1981·1h 31m·★ 6.5·Joe Dante

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Look Away

2018·1h 43m·★ 5.8·Assaf Bernstein

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Dead or Alive

1999·1h 45m·★ 6.7·Takashi Miike

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Whisper

2007·1h 34m·★ 5.7·Stewart Hendler

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Caged

2021·1h 21m·★ 3.9·Aaron Fjellman

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Compulsion

2024·1h 41m·★ 3.7·Neil Marshall

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How Good Is I Don't Want to Be Born?

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