Movies Like The Night of the Hunter

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

White Heat

1949·1h 54m·★ 8.1·Raoul Walsh

Themes: prison, film noir, psychopathFans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Cape Fear

1962·1h 45m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

Themes: boat, film noir, psychopathThriller & Drama & CrimeStarring Robert Mitchum

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959·1h 36m·★ 7.4·Robert Wise

Themes: film noir, robberyFans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

The Informer

2019·1h 49m·★ 6.6·Andrea Di Stefano

Themes: ex-con, prisonFans also likedDrama & Crime & Thriller

Brute Force

1947·1h 38m·★ 7.5·Jules Dassin

Themes: black and white, film noirFans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Sexy Beast

2001·1h 29m·★ 7.3·Jonathan Glazer

Themes: money, psychopathFans also likedCrime & Thriller & Drama

Payback

1999·1h 40m·★ 7.0·Brian Helgeland

Themes: money, robberyFans also likedDrama & Crime & Thriller

Fallen

1998·2h 4m·★ 7.0·Gregory Hoblit

Themes: religion, psychopathFans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

The Anderson Tapes

1971·1h 39m·★ 6.4·Sidney Lumet

Themes: ex-con, robberyFans also likedCrime & Thriller

Killing Them Softly

2012·1h 37m·★ 6.2·Andrew Dominik

Themes: ex-con, robberyFans also likedCrime & Thriller

Psycho

1960·1h 49m·★ 8.5·Alfred Hitchcock

Themes: theft, money, black and white

A Clockwork Orange

1971·2h 17m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: psychopath, robberyTMDB recommends

Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

Themes: black and white, film noirStarring Robert MitchumCrime & Thriller

Bandits

2001·2h 3m·★ 6.5·Barry Levinson

Themes: money, prisonFans also liked

Wrath of Man

2021·1h 59m·★ 7.1·Guy Ritchie

Themes: theft, robberyThriller & Crime & Drama

Heat

1995·2h 50m·★ 8.3·Michael Mann

Themes: ex-con, robberyCrime & Drama

Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

Themes: religion, psychopathCrime & Thriller

A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller & Crime

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944·1h 58m·★ 7.9·Frank Capra

TMDB recommendsStarring James Gleason

Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommendsStarring Shelley Winters

How Good Is The Night of the Hunter?

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