Movies Like Outside the Law

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

The Incredible Shrinking Man

1957·1h 21m·★ 7.6·Jack Arnold

Both star Grant Williams & Raymond BaileyDir. Jack Arnold

The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

DP: Irving GlassbergFans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Cry Terror!

1958·1h 36m·★ 6.7·Andrew L. Stone

TMDB recommendsStarring Jack KruschenCrime & Thriller

The Lady from Shanghai

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Orson Welles

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller & Drama

Murder, My Sweet

1944·1h 35m·★ 7.5·Edward Dmytryk

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama & Thriller

Crime of Passion

1956·1h 26m·★ 6.4·Gerd Oswald

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime & Thriller

Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Killing

1956·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Mildred Pierce

1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Gilda

1946·1h 50m·★ 7.6·Charles Vidor

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Angel Face

1953·1h 31m·★ 7.2·Otto Preminger

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Hardly a Criminal

1949·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Hugo Fregonese

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Black Vampire

1953·1h 30m·★ 7.4·Román Viñoly Barreto

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Lady in the Lake

1946·1h 45m·★ 6.5·Robert Montgomery

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

Each Dawn I Die

1939·1h 32m·★ 7.2·William Keighley

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Born to Kill

1947·1h 32m·★ 7.2·Robert Wise

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

They Made Me a Fugitive

1947·1h 39m·★ 7.2·Alberto Cavalcanti

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M

1951·1h 28m·★ 6.8·Joseph Losey

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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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How Good Is Outside the Law?

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