Movies Like The Narrow Margin

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

Shadow of a Doubt

1943·1h 47m·★ 7.7·Alfred Hitchcock

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This Gun for Hire

1942·1h 21m·★ 7.3·Frank Tuttle

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Memories of Murder

2003·2h 11m·★ 8.1·Bong Joon Ho

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Cape Fear

1962·1h 45m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

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The Butcher

1970·1h 33m·★ 7.3·Claude Chabrol

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Body Double

1984·1h 54m·★ 6.8·Brian De Palma

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The Salton Sea

2002·1h 43m·★ 7.0·D.J. Caruso

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Andha Naal

1954·2h 14m·★ 8.0·S. Balachander

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Domestic Disturbance

2001·1h 29m·★ 5.6·Harold Becker

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The Long Night

1947·1h 41m·★ 6.5·Anatole Litvak

Both star David Clarke & Charles McGrawThriller & Crime

Armored Car Robbery

1950·1h 7m·★ 7.0·Richard Fleischer

Starring Charles McGrawDir. Richard FleischerThriller & Crime

Identity

2003·1h 30m·★ 7.3·James Mangold

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Suspicion

1941·1h 39m·★ 7.2·Alfred Hitchcock

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The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

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Runaway Jury

2003·2h 7m·★ 7.1·Gary Fleder

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No Man of Her Own

1950·1h 38m·★ 7.4·Mitchell Leisen

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Woman on the Run

1950·1h 17m·★ 7.2·Norman Foster

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Each Dawn I Die

1939·1h 32m·★ 7.2·William Keighley

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Bluebeard

2017·1h 57m·★ 6.4·Lee Soo-youn

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The Glass Key

1942·1h 25m·★ 7.0·Stuart Heisler

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