Movies Like Nightmare Alley

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

Nightmare Alley

2021·2h 31m·★ 7.0·Guillermo del Toro

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Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

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The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Pandora's Box

1929·2h 21m·★ 7.7·G.W. Pabst

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Bullitt

1968·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

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The Good German

2006·1h 48m·★ 6.0·Steven Soderbergh

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Layer Cake

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.2·Matthew Vaughn

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The Locket

1946·1h 25m·★ 7.1·John Brahm

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5 Against the House

1955·1h 24m·★ 5.9·Phil Karlson

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Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

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A Clockwork Orange

1971·2h 17m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

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Some Like It Hot

1959·2h 3m·★ 8.2·Billy Wilder

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Roman Holiday

1953·1h 59m·★ 8.0·William Wyler

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Umberto D.

1952·1h 31m·★ 8.1·Vittorio De Sica

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Wings of Desire

1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

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Angels with Dirty Faces

1938·1h 37m·★ 7.8·Michael Curtiz

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Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

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Dead Man

1995·2h 2m·★ 7.5·Jim Jarmusch

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The Damned Don't Cry

1950·1h 43m·★ 7.1·Vincent Sherman

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The Nanny

1965·1h 31m·★ 7.1·Seth Holt

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How Good Is Nightmare Alley?

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