Movies Like The Blue Dahlia

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

Monsieur Beaucaire

1946·1h 33m·★ 6.7·George Marshall

2 shared crewDir. George MarshallDP: Lionel Lindon

Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!

1966·1h 39m·★ 5.5·George Marshall

2 shared crewDir. George MarshallDP: Lionel Lindon

Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

Themes: framed for murder, femme fataleTMDB recommends

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Tay Garnett

Themes: adulterous wife, femme fataleFans also liked

Chinatown

1974·2h 10m·★ 8.1·Roman Polanski

TMDB recommendsCrime & Mystery

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsMystery & Crime

The Lady from Shanghai

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Orson Welles

TMDB recommendsMystery & Crime

O.S.S.

1946·1h 47m·★ 6.6·Irving Pichel

DP: Lionel LindonStarring Alan Ladd

The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

Fans also likedStarring William Bendix

The Dark Corner

1946·1h 39m·★ 7.1·Henry Hathaway

Fans also likedStarring William Bendix

M

1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

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Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

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Mildred Pierce

1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

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Pandora's Box

1929·2h 21m·★ 7.7·G.W. Pabst

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Cape Fear

1962·1h 45m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

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Gaslight

1944·1h 54m·★ 7.8·George Cukor

Fans also likedMystery & Crime

Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

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Pierrot le Fou

1965·1h 50m·★ 7.4·Jean-Luc Godard

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The Mask of Dimitrios

1944·1h 35m·★ 7.2·Jean Negulesco

Fans also likedMystery & Crime

Phantom Lady

1944·1h 27m·★ 7.2·Robert Siodmak

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How Good Is The Blue Dahlia?

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