Movies Like Lady of Burlesque

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

Dancing Lady

1933·1h 32m·★ 6.8·Robert Z. Leonard

4 shared themes: police raid, dancing girls, burlesque...Fans also likedComedy & Music

See How They Run

2022·1h 39m·★ 6.5·Tom George

Themes: murder mystery, whodunitFans also likedMystery & Comedy & Crime

Showgirls

1995·2h 11m·★ 5.2·Paul Verhoeven

Themes: dancing girls, dancing

From Dusk Till Dawn

1996·1h 48m·★ 7.2·Robert Rodriguez

Themes: stripper, dancing

Knives Out

2019·2h 11m·★ 7.9·Rian Johnson

Themes: murder mystery, whodunitComedy & Crime & Mystery

The Naked City

1948·1h 36m·★ 7.5·Jules Dassin

Fans also likedStarring Frank ConroyCrime & Mystery

Clue

1985·1h 34m·★ 7.3·Jonathan Lynn

Themes: murder mystery, whodunitComedy & Crime & Mystery

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

2022·2h 20m·★ 7.1·Rian Johnson

Themes: murder mystery, whodunitComedy & Crime & Mystery

Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

TMDB recommendsCrime & Mystery

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944·1h 58m·★ 7.9·Frank Capra

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsMystery & Crime

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

2025·2h 25m·★ 7.3·Rian Johnson

Themes: murder mystery, whodunitMystery & Comedy

Murder on the Orient Express

2017·1h 54m·★ 6.5·Kenneth Branagh

Themes: murder mystery, whodunitMystery & Crime

Scream 7

2026·1h 54m·★ 5.5·Kevin Williamson

Themes: murder mystery, whodunitMystery & Crime

Murder She Said

1961·1h 27m·★ 7.3·George Pollock

Fans also likedComedy & Crime & Mystery

Murder by Death

1976·1h 34m·★ 7.2·Robert Moore

Fans also likedComedy & Crime & Mystery

Murder Most Foul

1964·1h 30m·★ 7.1·George Pollock

Fans also likedComedy & Crime & Mystery

Song of the Thin Man

1947·1h 26m·★ 6.9·Edward Buzzell

Fans also likedComedy & Crime & Mystery

Night Nurse

1931·1h 12m·★ 7.0·William A. Wellman

Starring Barbara StanwyckDir. William A. WellmanCrime & Comedy

The Thursday Murder Club

2025·1h 58m·★ 6.5·Chris Columbus

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How Good Is Lady of Burlesque?

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