Movies Like It Happened in Broad Daylight

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

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1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

Themes: detective inspector, child murderFans also likedThriller & Crime

Memories of Murder

2003·2h 11m·★ 8.1·Bong Joon Ho

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The Butcher

1970·1h 33m·★ 7.3·Claude Chabrol

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Manhunter

1986·2h·★ 7.2·Michael Mann

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Body Double

1984·1h 54m·★ 6.8·Brian De Palma

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The Salton Sea

2002·1h 43m·★ 7.0·D.J. Caruso

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Andha Naal

1954·2h 14m·★ 8.0·S. Balachander

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Domestic Disturbance

2001·1h 29m·★ 5.6·Harold Becker

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A Private Life

2025·1h 48m·★ 6.0·Rebecca Zlotowski

Themes: suspicion of murder, psychiatrist

Blue Velvet

1986·2h·★ 7.7·David Lynch

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Identity

2003·1h 30m·★ 7.3·James Mangold

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A Violent Separation

2019·1h 46m·★ 5.8·Kevin Goetz

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Bluebeard

2017·1h 57m·★ 6.4·Lee Soo-youn

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The Silence

2010·1h 58m·★ 6.9·Baran bo Odar

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I Am All Girls

2021·1h 47m·★ 6.0·Donovan Marsh

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Barron's Cove

2025·1h 56m·★ 6.1·Evan Ari Kelman

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The Black Sheep

1960·1h 30m·★ 6.8·Helmut Ashley

Both star Heinz Rühmann & Siegfried Lowitz

Secret in Their Eyes

2015·1h 51m·★ 6.3·Billy Ray

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Possessor

2020·1h 43m·★ 6.5·Brandon Cronenberg

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Like Minds

2006·1h 50m·★ 6.3·Gregory J. Read

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How Good Is It Happened in Broad Daylight?

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