Movies Like The Dark Past

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

Gilda

1946·1h 50m·★ 7.6·Charles Vidor

TMDB recommendsStarring Steven GerayDrama & Thriller

The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & ThrillerStarring Wilton Graff

Time Without Pity

1957·1h 28m·★ 6.8·Joseph Losey

Fans also likedCrime & Thriller & DramaStarring Lois Maxwell

M

1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller & Crime

Cape Fear

1962·1h 45m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama & Crime

The Lady from Shanghai

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Orson Welles

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller & Drama

Cry of the City

1948·1h 35m·★ 7.2·Robert Siodmak

Fans also likedStarring Berry KroegerCrime & Drama

Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Mildred Pierce

1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Walking Tall

2004·1h 26m·★ 6.2·Kevin Bray

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Bholaa

2023·2h 24m·★ 5.8·Ajay Devgn

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Each Dawn I Die

1939·1h 32m·★ 7.2·William Keighley

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

They Made Me a Fugitive

1947·1h 39m·★ 7.2·Alberto Cavalcanti

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller & Crime

Whirlpool

1950·1h 38m·★ 6.7·Otto Preminger

Fans also likedThriller & Crime & Drama

Union Station

1950·1h 21m·★ 6.8·Rudolph Maté

Starring William HoldenDir. Rudolph MatéThriller & Crime

M

1951·1h 28m·★ 6.8·Joseph Losey

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Witness to Murder

1954·1h 23m·★ 6.6·Roy Rowland

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

The Locket

1946·1h 25m·★ 7.1·John Brahm

Fans also likedDrama & Crime & Thriller

How Good Is The Dark Past?

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