Movies Like The Cat's Meow

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

The Player

1992·2h 4m·★ 7.5·Robert Altman

Themes: hollywood, blackmailMystery & Drama & Thriller & Crime

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 & Drama & Mystery & Thriller

Andha Naal

1954·2h 14m·★ 8.0·S. Balachander

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime & Mystery

Domestic Disturbance

2001·1h 29m·★ 5.6·Harold Becker

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime & Mystery

Bullets Over Broadway

1994·1h 38m·★ 7.4·Woody Allen

TMDB recommendsStarring Jennifer Tilly

Suspicion

1941·1h 39m·★ 7.2·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommendsMystery & Thriller

People I Know

2002·1h 40m·★ 5.4·Daniel Algrant

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Glass Chin

2014·1h 27m·★ 5.4·Noah Buschel

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

10 Rillington Place

1971·1h 51m·★ 7.5·Richard Fleischer

Fans also likedCrime & Thriller & History

The Princess and the Frog

2009·1h 38m·★ 7.2·Ron Clements

Themes: kiss, 1920s

Wicked Minds

2003·1h 33m·★ 5.3·Jason Hreno

Fans also likedMystery & Drama & Thriller

A Walk Among the Tombstones

2014·1h 54m·★ 6.5·Scott Frank

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Mystery & Thriller

Live by Night

2016·2h 9m·★ 6.4·Ben Affleck

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Mobsters

1991·1h 44m·★ 5.9·Michael Karbelnikoff

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

The Alto Knights

2025·2h 2m·★ 5.9·Barry Levinson

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & History

Agatha

1979·1h 39m·★ 6.2·Michael Apted

Fans also likedDrama & Mystery & Thriller

52 Pick-Up

1986·1h 50m·★ 6.4·John Frankenheimer

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

2015·1h 35m·★ 6.1·Daniel Alfredson

Fans also likedDrama & Crime & Thriller & Mystery

Skincare

2024·1h 36m·★ 5.7·Austin Peters

Fans also likedThriller & Drama & Mystery

How Good Is The Cat's Meow?

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