Movies Like The Postman Always Rings Twice

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

The Cross of Lorraine

1943·1h 30m·★ 6.6·Tay Garnett

2 shared crewDir. Tay GarnettDP: Sidney Wagner

Bataan

1943·1h 54m·★ 7.0·Tay Garnett

2 shared crewDir. Tay GarnettDP: Sidney Wagner

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981·2h 2m·★ 6.6·Bob Rafelson

7 shared themes: older husband, crime of passion, drifter...Fans also likedCrime & Romance & Drama & Thriller

The File on Thelma Jordon

1949·1h 40m·★ 6.9·Robert Siodmak

Themes: femme fatale, film noir, adulteryFans also likedThriller & Drama & Crime

Crime of Passion

1956·1h 26m·★ 6.4·Gerd Oswald

Themes: scheming wife, film noir, infidelityFans also likedDrama & Crime & Thriller

The Last Seduction

1994·1h 50m·★ 7.0·John Dahl

Themes: scheming wife, femme fataleFans also likedThriller & Crime & Romance & Drama

Fallen Angel

1945·1h 38m·★ 7.0·Otto Preminger

Themes: drifter, film noirFans also likedCrime & Drama & Romance

Mildred Pierce

1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

Themes: film noir, black and white, infidelityFans also likedCrime & Drama

Dream Lover

1994·1h 43m·★ 6.2·Nicholas Kazan

Themes: femme fatale, adulteryFans also likedDrama & Thriller

Sudden Fear

1952·1h 52m·★ 7.5·David Miller

Themes: film noir, black and whiteFans also likedThriller & Crime

Notes on a Scandal

2006·1h 32m·★ 7.4·Richard Eyre

Themes: adultery, infidelityFans also likedDrama & Romance

Revolutionary Road

2008·1h 59m·★ 7.3·Sam Mendes

Themes: adultery, infidelityFans also likedDrama & Romance

Adulterers

2016·1h 37m·★ 5.1·H.M. Coakley

Themes: adultery, infidelityFans also likedThriller & Drama

Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

Themes: film noir, black and white, infidelityCrime & Thriller

Silver Linings Playbook

2012·2h 2m·★ 7.7·David O. Russell

Themes: adulterous wife, infidelityDrama & Romance

High and Low

1963·2h 22m·★ 8.4·Akira Kurosawa

Themes: film noir, black and whiteDrama & Crime & Thriller

The Salton Sea

2002·1h 43m·★ 7.0·D.J. Caruso

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama & Thriller

Cannibal Holocaust

1980·1h 35m·★ 5.7·Ruggero Deodato

Themes: adulterous wife, adultery

Casablanca

1943·1h 42m·★ 8.5·Michael Curtiz

Themes: film noir, black and whiteDrama & Romance

The World According to Garp

1982·2h 16m·★ 7.1·George Roy Hill

TMDB recommendsStarring Hume Cronyn

How Good Is The Postman Always Rings Twice?

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