Movies Like The Long Goodbye

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

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

1971·2h·★ 7.6·Robert Altman

2 shared crewDir. Robert AltmanDP: Vilmos Zsigmond

American Gigolo

1980·1h 57m·★ 6.3·Paul Schrader

Themes: infidelity, detective, los angeles, californiaFans also likedCrime & Drama & Mystery

Short Cuts

1993·3h 8m·★ 7.6·Robert Altman

Themes: hit by a car, suicide, los angeles, californiaDir. Robert Altman

Klute

1971·1h 54m·★ 7.1·Alan J. Pakula

Themes: cat, whodunit, detectiveFans also likedMystery & Crime

Street Kings

2008·1h 49m·★ 6.8·David Ayer

4 shared themes: alcoholism, corruption, neo-noir...Fans also likedCrime & Drama

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

Themes: whodunit, detective, los angeles, californiaTMDB recommendsMystery & Crime

Gone Baby Gone

2007·1h 53m·★ 7.6·Ben Affleck

Themes: corruption, neo-noir, detectiveFans also likedCrime & Drama & Mystery

Sicario

2015·2h 2m·★ 7.7·Denis Villeneuve

Themes: interrogation, corruption, neo-noirFans also liked

China Moon

1994·1h 39m·★ 6.3·John Bailey

Themes: greed, neo-noirFans also likedMystery & Crime

Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

Themes: neo-noir, detectiveTMDB recommendsCrime & Mystery

Insomnia

2002·1h 58m·★ 7.2·Christopher Nolan

Themes: neo-noir, detectiveFans also likedCrime & Drama

Sea of Love

1989·1h 53m·★ 6.8·Harold Becker

Themes: neo-noir, detectiveFans also likedCrime & Drama

Kiss the Girls

1997·1h 55m·★ 6.6·Gary Fleder

Themes: detective, los angeles, californiaFans also likedCrime & Mystery & Drama

M*A*S*H

1970·1h 56m·★ 7.3·Robert Altman

Both star Elliott Gould & David ArkinDir. Robert Altman

The Late Show

1977·1h 33m·★ 6.8·Robert Benton

Themes: neo-noir, los angeles, californiaFans also likedMystery & Crime

Heat

1995·2h 50m·★ 8.3·Michael Mann

Themes: neo-noir, detective, los angeles, californiaCrime & Drama

Mulholland Drive

2001·2h 27m·★ 7.9·David Lynch

Themes: neo-noir, detective, los angeles, californiaDrama & Mystery

Oldboy

2003·2h·★ 8.3·Park Chan-wook

Themes: alcoholism, neo-noirDrama & Mystery

Memento

2000·1h 53m·★ 8.4·Christopher Nolan

Themes: whodunit, neo-noir, los angeles, california

Gone Girl

2014·2h 29m·★ 8.1·David Fincher

Themes: infidelity, whodunitMystery & Drama

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