Movies Like Play Dirty

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

Ice Cold in Alex

1958·2h 5m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

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Spartacus

1960·3h 17m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommendsWar & Drama & Adventure

Apocalypse Now

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

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

Taxi Driver

1976·1h 54m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

Themes: meditative, callous

Lawrence of Arabia

1962·3h 48m·★ 8.3·David Lean

TMDB recommendsAdventure & War

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957·2h 42m·★ 8.1·David Lean

TMDB recommendsDrama & War

The African Queen

1952·1h 45m·★ 7.7·John Huston

TMDB recommendsAdventure & Drama

The Social Network

2010·2h 1m·★ 7.8·David Fincher

Themes: meditative, callous

The Last Valley

1971·2h 8m·★ 7.0·James Clavell

Both star Michael Caine & Nigel DavenportWar & Drama

The Dirty Dozen

1967·2h 29m·★ 7.7·Robert Aldrich

DP: Edward ScaifeAdventure & War

Battleground

1949·1h 58m·★ 7.4·William A. Wellman

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Once Upon a Time in the West

1968·2h 46m·★ 8.5·Sergio Leone

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Chinatown

1974·2h 10m·★ 8.1·Roman Polanski

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Rio Bravo

1959·2h 21m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Dog Day Afternoon

1975·2h 4m·★ 8.0·Sidney Lumet

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Platoon

1986·2h·★ 8.1·Oliver Stone

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The Color Purple

1985·2h 34m·★ 7.7·Steven Spielberg

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Bonnie and Clyde

1967·1h 51m·★ 7.7·Arthur Penn

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The Magnificent Seven

1960·2h 7m·★ 7.7·John Sturges

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977·2h 17m·★ 7.6·Steven Spielberg

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How Good Is Play Dirty?

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