Movies Like If I Should Die Before I Wake

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

Never Open That Door

1952·1h 20m·★ 7.3·Carlos Hugo Christensen

2 shared crewTMDB recommendsDir. Carlos Hugo Christensen

The Black Vampire

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

Themes: child abduction, film noirTMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Silent Hill

2006·2h 5m·★ 6.5·Christophe Gans

Themes: child molester, child molestation

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946·1h 55m·★ 7.4·Lewis Milestone

Themes: film noir, based on short storyFans also likedDrama & Thriller

The Boy

2015·1h 45m·★ 5.5·Craig William Macneill

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

All About Eve

1950·2h 19m·★ 8.2·Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Rebecca

1940·2h 10m·★ 8.0·Alfred Hitchcock

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Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

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Billy Elliot

2000·1h 51m·★ 7.7·Stephen Daldry

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The Killing

1956·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

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Rebel Without a Cause

1955·1h 51m·★ 7.6·Nicholas Ray

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The Birds

1963·1h 59m·★ 7.6·Alfred Hitchcock

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Minority Report

2002·2h 25m·★ 7.6·Steven Spielberg

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The 39 Steps

1935·1h 26m·★ 7.6·Alfred Hitchcock

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Cape Fear

1991·2h 8m·★ 7.3·Martin Scorsese

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller

Labor Day

2013·1h 51m·★ 6.9·Jason Reitman

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller

The Reckless Moment

1949·1h 22m·★ 7.1·Max Ophüls

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

1984·1h 45m·★ 6.7·Leonard Nimoy

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Barron's Cove

2025·1h 56m·★ 6.1·Evan Ari Kelman

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The World of Kanako

2014·1h 58m·★ 6.5·Tetsuya Nakashima

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