Movies Like Johnny Cool

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

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1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller & Crime

Dog Day Afternoon

1975·2h 4m·★ 8.0·Sidney Lumet

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama & Thriller

Lethal Weapon

1987·1h 50m·★ 7.6·Richard Donner

TMDB recommendsAction & Thriller & Crime

Bullitt

1968·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

TMDB recommendsAction & Crime & Thriller

Lethal Weapon 2

1989·1h 54m·★ 7.3·Richard Donner

TMDB recommendsAction & Thriller & Crime

In Order of Disappearance

2014·1h 55m·★ 7.1·Hans Petter Moland

TMDB recommendsThriller & Action & Crime

Lethal Weapon 3

1992·1h 58m·★ 6.7·Richard Donner

TMDB recommendsAction & Thriller & Crime

Lethal Weapon 4

1998·2h 7m·★ 6.6·Richard Donner

TMDB recommendsAction & Crime & Thriller

His Kind of Woman

1951·2h·★ 7.0·John Farrow

Fans also likedStarring Jim BackusCrime & Thriller

Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Maltese Falcon

1941·1h 40m·★ 7.9·John Huston

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Manchurian Candidate

1962·2h 6m·★ 7.9·John Frankenheimer

Both star Henry Silva & John McGiverThriller & Drama

Tsotsi

2005·1h 34m·★ 7.2·Gavin Hood

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Odd Man Out

1947·1h 56m·★ 7.6·Carol Reed

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Little Caesar

1931·1h 19m·★ 7.1·Mervyn LeRoy

Fans also likedDrama & Crime & Action

Each Dawn I Die

1939·1h 32m·★ 7.2·William Keighley

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

They Made Me a Fugitive

1947·1h 39m·★ 7.2·Alberto Cavalcanti

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller & Crime

How Good Is Johnny Cool?

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