Movies Like Sleepers

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

Mystic River

2003·2h 18m·★ 7.9·Clint Eastwood

Themes: repayment, sexual abuse, child abuseFans also likedThriller & Crime & Drama

Wild Things

1998·1h 48m·★ 6.6·John McNaughton

Themes: court case, sexual abuseTMDB recommendsStarring Kevin Bacon

Primal Fear

1996·2h 10m·★ 7.7·Gregory Hoblit

Themes: court, court case, child abuseFans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

To Kill a Mockingbird

1962·2h 9m·★ 8.2·Robert Mulligan

Themes: court, court case, kidsTMDB recommends

The Sixth Sense

1999·1h 47m·★ 8.2·M. Night Shyamalan

TMDB recommendsThemes: kids, child abuseThriller & Drama

Once Upon a Time in America

1984·3h 49m·★ 8.3·Sergio Leone

Themes: sadistic, sexual abuseStarring Robert De NiroDrama & Crime

Trust

2010·1h 44m·★ 6.8·David Schwimmer

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Volver

2006·2h 1m·★ 7.6·Pedro Almodóvar

Themes: sexual abuse, child abuseTMDB recommends

Wag the Dog

1997·1h 37m·★ 7.1·Barry Levinson

Both star Dustin Hoffman & Robert De NiroDir. Barry Levinson

GoodFellas

1990·2h 25m·★ 8.7·Martin Scorsese

DP: Michael BallhausStarring Robert De NiroDrama & Crime

Cape Fear

1991·2h 8m·★ 7.3·Martin Scorsese

Fans also likedDrama & Crime & ThrillerStarring Robert De Niro

Natural Born Killers

1994·1h 59m·★ 7.2·Oliver Stone

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller & Drama

Murder Most Foul

1964·1h 30m·★ 7.1·George Pollock

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama & Thriller

Young Adam

2003·1h 33m·★ 6.3·David Mackenzie

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller & Crime

The Departed

2006·2h 31m·★ 8.5·Martin Scorsese

DP: Michael BallhausDrama & Thriller & Crime

Anatomy of a Murder

1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Stand by Me

1986·1h 29m·★ 8.1·Rob Reiner

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

The Outsiders

1983·1h 31m·★ 7.0·Francis Ford Coppola

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Treatment

2014·2h 11m·★ 7.1·Hans Herbots

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

How Good Is Sleepers?

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