Movies Like The Dancer Upstairs

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

On the Waterfront

1954·1h 48m·★ 8.1·Elia Kazan

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The Lady from Shanghai

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Orson Welles

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Reflections in a Golden Eye

1967·1h 48m·★ 6.7·John Huston

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Dead Again

1991·1h 47m·★ 6.8·Kenneth Branagh

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B. Monkey

1999·1h 34m·★ 5.9·Michael Radford

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The Forger

2014·1h 35m·★ 5.8·Philip Martin

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Blue Velvet

1986·2h·★ 7.7·David Lynch

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Bullitt

1968·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

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The China Syndrome

1979·2h 2m·★ 7.4·James Bridges

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Suspicion

1941·1h 39m·★ 7.2·Alfred Hitchcock

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Runaway Jury

2003·2h 7m·★ 7.1·Gary Fleder

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Pacific Heights

1990·1h 42m·★ 6.4·John Schlesinger

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama

Andha Naal

1954·2h 14m·★ 8.0·S. Balachander

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Secret Agent

1936·1h 26m·★ 6.4·Alfred Hitchcock

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Extreme Measures

1996·1h 58m·★ 6.2·Michael Apted

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We Die Young

2019·1h 33m·★ 5.2·Lior Geller

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Blindfire

2020·1h 23m·★ 4.9·Michael Nell

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I Am All Girls

2021·1h 47m·★ 6.0·Donovan Marsh

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In Too Deep

1999·1h 35m·★ 6.2·Michael Rymer

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How Good Is The Dancer Upstairs?

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