Movies Like The Big Sleep

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

To Have and Have Not

1945·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Howard Hawks

2 shared crewBoth star Humphrey Bogart & Lauren BacallDir. Howard Hawks

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995·1h 42m·★ 6.8·Carl Franklin

Themes: private detective, missing personFans also likedThriller & Crime & Mystery

D.O.A.

1949·1h 23m·★ 7.2·Rudolph Maté

Themes: poison, film noirFans also likedMystery & Thriller & Crime

Gone Baby Gone

2007·1h 53m·★ 7.6·Ben Affleck

Themes: drug addiction, blackmailFans also likedCrime & Mystery

Lady in the Lake

1946·1h 45m·★ 6.5·Robert Montgomery

Themes: film noir, whodunitFans also likedMystery & Thriller & Crime

Dark Passage

1947·1h 46m·★ 7.5·Delmer Daves

Both star Humphrey Bogart & Lauren BacallDP: Sidney HickoxThriller & Mystery

Psycho

1960·1h 49m·★ 8.5·Alfred Hitchcock

Themes: private detective, missing personThriller & Mystery

The Wagons Roll at Night

1941·1h 24m·★ 6.3·Ray Enright

Both star Humphrey Bogart & John RidgelyDP: Sidney Hickox

Gone Girl

2014·2h 29m·★ 8.1·David Fincher

Themes: missing person, whodunitMystery & Thriller

Body Double

1984·1h 54m·★ 6.8·Brian De Palma

TMDB recommendsCrime & Mystery & Thriller

The Salton Sea

2002·1h 43m·★ 7.0·D.J. Caruso

TMDB recommendsCrime & Mystery & Thriller

Dead Again

1991·1h 47m·★ 6.8·Kenneth Branagh

TMDB recommendsMystery & Crime & Thriller

Domestic Disturbance

2001·1h 29m·★ 5.6·Harold Becker

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime & Mystery

Shutter Island

2010·2h 18m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

TMDB recommendsThriller & Mystery

Suspicion

1941·1h 39m·★ 7.2·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommendsMystery & Thriller

Manhunter

1986·2h·★ 7.2·Michael Mann

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Ghost Writer

2010·2h 8m·★ 7.2·Roman Polanski

TMDB recommendsThriller & Mystery

L.A. Confidential

1997·2h 18m·★ 8.2·Curtis Hanson

Fans also likedCrime & Mystery & Thriller

Murder Ahoy

1964·1h 33m·★ 7.0·George Pollock

Fans also likedThriller & Crime & Mystery

Farewell, My Lovely

1975·1h 35m·★ 7.0·Dick Richards

Fans also likedCrime & Mystery & Thriller

How Good Is The Big Sleep?

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Where to Watch The Big Sleep

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