Movies Like The Day of the Dolphin

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

Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

TMDB recommendsDP: William A. FrakerDrama & Thriller

Bullitt

1968·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

TMDB recommendsDP: William A. Fraker

Doctor Dolittle

1967·2h 31m·★ 6.2·Richard Fleischer

Themes: communicating with animals, talking to animals

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968·2h 29m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Adventure

The Day of the Jackal

1973·2h 23m·★ 7.8·Fred Zinnemann

Themes: assassination of president, assassination attempt

28 Days Later

2002·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Danny Boyle

TMDB recommendsThriller & Science Fiction

Don't Look Now

1973·1h 50m·★ 7.1·Nicolas Roeg

TMDB recommendsThriller & Drama

Sliver

1993·1h 47m·★ 5.1·Phillip Noyce

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

The People

1972·1h 14m·★ 5.8·John Korty

TMDB recommendsDrama & Science Fiction

Eraser

1996·1h 55m·★ 6.2·Chuck Russell

Themes: rogue agent, assassination attempt

Doctor Who: Last Christmas

2014·57m·★ 8.1·Paul Wilmshurst

Fans also likedScience Fiction & Adventure & Drama

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014·2h 10m·★ 7.6·Matt Reeves

Fans also likedScience Fiction & Drama & Thriller

War of the Worlds

2005·1h 57m·★ 6.6·Steven Spielberg

Fans also likedAdventure & Thriller & Science Fiction

Gemini Man

2019·1h 57m·★ 5.7·Ang Lee

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Code 46

2003·1h 33m·★ 6.1·Michael Winterbottom

Fans also likedDrama & Science Fiction & Thriller

The Philadelphia Experiment

1984·1h 42m·★ 6.1·Stewart Raffill

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Battleship

2012·2h 11m·★ 5.8·Peter Berg

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Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

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A Clockwork Orange

1971·2h 17m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957·2h 42m·★ 8.1·David Lean

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