Movies Like Impact

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

Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

Themes: gas station, film noirTMDB recommends

While the City Sleeps

1956·1h 40m·★ 6.9·Fritz Lang

DP: Ernest LaszloFans also likedThriller & Drama

The Lady from Shanghai

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Orson Welles

TMDB recommendsMystery & Thriller & Drama

The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

Fans also likedStarring Ella RainesDrama & Thriller

M

1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Blue Velvet

1986·2h·★ 7.7·David Lynch

TMDB recommendsMystery & Thriller

Gilda

1946·1h 50m·★ 7.6·Charles Vidor

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Cape Fear

1962·1h 45m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama

Walking Tall

2004·1h 26m·★ 6.2·Kevin Bray

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Ride the Pink Horse

1947·1h 41m·★ 7.2·Robert Montgomery

Fans also likedDrama & Mystery & Thriller

Premonition

2007·1h 36m·★ 5.9·Mennan Yapo

Fans also likedThriller & Drama & Mystery

Sleep, My Love

1948·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Douglas Sirk

Fans also likedThriller & Mystery & Drama

The Deadly Affair

1967·1h 55m·★ 6.7·Sidney Lumet

Fans also likedThriller & Mystery & Drama

Red Beard

1965·3h 5m·★ 8.3·Akira Kurosawa

TMDB recommends

Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommends

Mildred Pierce

1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

TMDB recommends

Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommends

Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommends

Detour

1945·1h 8m·★ 7.3·Edgar G. Ulmer

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller

The Mask of Dimitrios

1944·1h 35m·★ 7.2·Jean Negulesco

Fans also likedMystery & Drama

How Good Is Impact?

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