Movies Like Riff-Raff

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

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1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

The Good German

2006·1h 48m·★ 6.0·Steven Soderbergh

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Sliver

1993·1h 47m·★ 5.1·Phillip Noyce

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Sorcerer

1977·2h 2m·★ 7.7·William Friedkin

Fans also likedThriller & Adventure & Drama

Across the Pacific

1942·1h 37m·★ 6.8·John Huston

Fans also likedAdventure & Thriller & Drama

Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

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Hotel Rwanda

2004·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Terry George

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The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Dolls

2002·1h 54m·★ 7.5·Takeshi Kitano

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Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

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It Happened in Broad Daylight

1958·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Ladislao Vajda

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Dead Man

1995·2h 2m·★ 7.5·Jim Jarmusch

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Murder Ahoy

1964·1h 33m·★ 7.0·George Pollock

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller

Tsotsi

2005·1h 34m·★ 7.2·Gavin Hood

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Footsteps in the Fog

1955·1h 30m·★ 7.0·Arthur Lubin

Fans also likedThriller & Drama

Torrid Zone

1940·1h 28m·★ 6.7·William Keighley

Both star Pat O'Brien & Jerome Cowan

The Black Pirate

1926·1h 34m·★ 7.0·Albert Parker

Fans also likedAdventure & Drama

The File on Thelma Jordon

1949·1h 40m·★ 6.9·Robert Siodmak

Fans also likedThriller & Drama

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1951·1h 28m·★ 6.8·Joseph Losey

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller

Sleep, My Love

1948·1h 37m·★ 6.8·Douglas Sirk

Fans also likedThriller & Drama

How Good Is Riff-Raff?

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