Movies Like The Hard Way

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

Nora Prentiss

1947·1h 51m·★ 7.1·Vincent Sherman

2 shared crewDir. Vincent ShermanDP: James Wong Howe

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943·2h 7m·★ 6.7·David Butler

3 shared cast incl. Joan Leslie & Ida Lupino

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968·2h 46m·★ 8.5·Sergio Leone

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Casino

1995·2h 59m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

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The King of Comedy

1982·1h 49m·★ 7.8·Martin Scorsese

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Rio Bravo

1959·2h 21m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Edward Scissorhands

1990·1h 45m·★ 7.8·Tim Burton

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High Noon

1952·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Fred Zinnemann

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Walk the Line

2005·2h 16m·★ 7.8·James Mangold

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Eyes Wide Shut

1999·2h 40m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

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Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

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The Magnificent Ambersons

1942·1h 28m·★ 7.6·Orson Welles

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A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

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Snow Cake

2006·1h 52m·★ 7.4·Marc Evans

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High Sierra

1941·1h 40m·★ 7.5·Raoul Walsh

Both star Ida Lupino & Joan Leslie

Insomnia

2002·1h 58m·★ 7.2·Christopher Nolan

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The War of the Roses

1989·1h 56m·★ 6.9·Danny DeVito

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Mr. & Mrs. Smith

2005·2h·★ 6.5·Doug Liman

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Lili Marleen

1981·2h·★ 7.1·Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Five Times Two

2004·1h 30m·★ 6.6·François Ozon

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How Good Is The Hard Way?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.