Movies Like Moontide

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

On the Waterfront

1954·1h 48m·★ 8.1·Elia Kazan

Themes: dock, longshoremanTMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Petrified Forest

1936·1h 22m·★ 7.5·Archie Mayo

Themes: drifter, film noirDir. Archie MayoDrama & Romance & Thriller

Witness to Murder

1954·1h 23m·★ 6.6·Roy Rowland

Themes: strangulation, film noirFans also likedDrama & Thriller

The House on Telegraph Hill

1951·1h 33m·★ 6.9·Robert Wise

Themes: film noir, san francisco, californiaFans also likedThriller & Drama

Vertigo

1958·2h 8m·★ 8.2·Alfred Hitchcock

Themes: suicide attempt, film noir, san francisco, californiaRomance & Thriller

Sudden Fear

1952·1h 52m·★ 7.5·David Miller

Themes: film noir, san francisco, californiaFans also liked

Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

Themes: strangulation, film noir

Rebecca

1940·2h 10m·★ 8.0·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommendsRomance & Thriller

Redeeming Love

2022·2h 14m·★ 6.8·D.J. Caruso

Themes: california, san francisco, californiaRomance & Drama

Mifune

1999·1h 38m·★ 7.1·Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

2002·1h 51m·★ 6.8·Lone Scherfig

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Black Vampire

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

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

The Boy

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

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Possessed

1947·1h 48m·★ 7.1·Curtis Bernhardt

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller & Romance

Julia

1977·1h 57m·★ 7.0·Fred Zinnemann

Fans also likedDrama & Romance & Thriller

Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

TMDB recommends

Little Miss Sunshine

2006·1h 42m·★ 7.8·Valerie Faris

TMDB recommends

The Killing

1956·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommends

East of Eden

1955·1h 55m·★ 7.8·Elia Kazan

TMDB recommends

The Conversation

1974·1h 54m·★ 7.7·Francis Ford Coppola

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How Good Is Moontide?

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