Movies Like Sunset Boulevard

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

The Lost Weekend

1945·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Billy Wilder

2 shared crewThemes: film noir, black and whiteDir. Billy Wilder

Five Graves to Cairo

1943·1h 36m·★ 7.3·Billy Wilder

2 shared crewDir. Billy WilderDP: John F. Seitz

Double Indemnity

1944·1h 47m·★ 8.3·Billy Wilder

2 shared crewDir. Billy WilderDP: John F. Seitz

Lars and the Real Girl

2007·1h 47m·★ 7.3·Craig Gillespie

Themes: delusion, tragicTMDB recommends

Mank

2020·2h 12m·★ 6.8·David Fincher

Themes: screenwriter, hollywood, black and whiteFans also liked

Wings of Desire

1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

Themes: tragic, black and whiteTMDB recommends

Trumbo

2015·2h 4m·★ 7.4·Jay Roach

Themes: screenwriter, hollywoodFans also liked

Ace in the Hole

1951·1h 51m·★ 8.0·Billy Wilder

Themes: film noir, black and whiteDir. Billy Wilder

Anatomy of a Murder

1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

TMDB recommendsThemes: black and white, jealousy

Café Society

2016·1h 37m·★ 6.6·Woody Allen

Themes: new year's eve, hollywoodFans also liked

Possessed

1947·1h 48m·★ 7.1·Curtis Bernhardt

Themes: film noir, jealousyFans also liked

Perfect Blue

1998·1h 22m·★ 8.0·Satoshi Kon

Themes: madness, tragic

Babylon

2022·3h 9m·★ 7.1·Damien Chazelle

Themes: silent film star, hollywood

The Substance

2024·2h 21m·★ 7.2·Coralie Fargeat

Themes: has been, new year's eve

The Shining

1980·2h 24m·★ 8.4·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: delusion, new year's eve

High and Low

1963·2h 22m·★ 8.4·Akira Kurosawa

Themes: film noir, black and white

American History X

1998·1h 59m·★ 8.5·Tony Kaye

TMDB recommends

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004·1h 48m·★ 8.3·Michel Gondry

TMDB recommends

The 400 Blows

1959·1h 39m·★ 8.0·François Truffaut

TMDB recommends

Blade Runner

1982·1h 58m·★ 8.1·Ridley Scott

TMDB recommends

How Good Is Sunset Boulevard?

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