Movies Like The Letter

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

The Little Foxes

1941·1h 57m·★ 7.9·William Wyler

Both star Bette Davis & Herbert MarshallDir. William Wyler

Cause for Alarm!

1951·1h 14m·★ 6.4·Tay Garnett

Themes: letter, film noirFans also likedDrama & Crime

Juarez

1939·2h 5m·★ 6.8·William Dieterle

Both star Bette Davis & Gale SondergaardDP: Tony Gaudio

Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

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Laura

1944·1h 28m·★ 7.9·Otto Preminger

Themes: murder suspect, film noir

Ex-Lady

1933·1h 7m·★ 6.4·Robert Florey

DP: Tony GaudioStarring Bette Davis

Front Page Woman

1935·1h 22m·★ 6.5·Michael Curtiz

DP: Tony GaudioStarring Bette Davis

Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

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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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Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

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Hotel Rwanda

2004·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Terry George

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Arsenic and Old Lace

1944·1h 58m·★ 7.9·Frank Capra

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The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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In Cold Blood

1967·2h 14m·★ 7.9·Richard Brooks

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It Happened in Broad Daylight

1958·1h 40m·★ 7.8·Ladislao Vajda

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The Unforgivable

2021·1h 52m·★ 7.2·Nora Fingscheidt

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Murder She Said

1961·1h 27m·★ 7.3·George Pollock

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Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

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Dead Man

1995·2h 2m·★ 7.5·Jim Jarmusch

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