Movies Like The Damned Don't Cry

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

Goodbye, My Fancy

1951·1h 47m·★ 6.0·Vincent Sherman

2 shared crewDir. Vincent ShermanDP: Ted D. McCord

Mildred Pierce

1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

TMDB recommendsStarring Joan CrawfordCrime & Drama

The Wild One

1953·1h 19m·★ 6.7·László Benedek

Fans also likedStarring Hugh SandersDrama & Crime

Lady in the Lake

1946·1h 45m·★ 6.5·Robert Montgomery

TMDB recommendsStarring Morris Ankrum

The Lady from Shanghai

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Orson Welles

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Murder, My Sweet

1944·1h 35m·★ 7.5·Edward Dmytryk

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Angel Face

1953·1h 31m·★ 7.2·Otto Preminger

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Hardly a Criminal

1949·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Hugo Fregonese

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Crime of Passion

1956·1h 26m·★ 6.4·Gerd Oswald

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Mad Dog Coll

1961·1h 28m·★ 5.6·Burt Balaban

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

TMDB recommends

The Killing

1956·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommends

Laura

1944·1h 28m·★ 7.9·Otto Preminger

TMDB recommends

Gilda

1946·1h 50m·★ 7.6·Charles Vidor

TMDB recommends

The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

Plunder Road

1957·1h 12m·★ 6.9·Hubert Cornfield

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

They Live by Night

1949·1h 36m·★ 7.4·Nicholas Ray

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

Pitfall

1948·1h 26m·★ 7.1·André de Toth

Fans also likedDrama & Crime

Each Dawn I Die

1939·1h 32m·★ 7.2·William Keighley

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

How Good Is The Damned Don't Cry?

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