Movies Like The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover

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

The Stuff

1985·1h 26m·★ 5.9·Larry Cohen

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God Told Me To

1976·1h 30m·★ 6.3·Larry Cohen

2 shared crewDir. Larry CohenDP: Paul Glickman

Perfect Strangers

1984·1h 31m·★ 5.4·Larry Cohen

2 shared crewDir. Larry CohenDP: Paul Glickman

Special Effects

1984·1h 46m·★ 5.4·Larry Cohen

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All the President's Men

1976·2h 18m·★ 7.9·Alan J. Pakula

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Ludwig

1973·3h 59m·★ 7.5·Luchino Visconti

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The Madness of King George

1994·1h 47m·★ 7.2·Nicholas Hytner

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Public Enemies

2009·2h 20m·★ 6.9·Michael Mann

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Breach

2007·1h 50m·★ 7.0·Billy Ray

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Wilde

1997·1h 58m·★ 6.9·Brian Gilbert

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The Eyes of Tammy Faye

2021·2h 6m·★ 6.6·Michael Showalter

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Changeling

2008·2h 21m·★ 7.7·Clint Eastwood

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2016·1h 40m·★ 6.6·Ignacio Castillo Cottin

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Richard Jewell

2019·2h 11m·★ 7.5·Clint Eastwood

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Becoming Jane

2007·2h·★ 7.0·Julian Jarrold

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2008·2h 2m·★ 7.6·Ron Howard

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American Splendor

2003·1h 41m·★ 7.4·Shari Springer Berman

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Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942·2h 6m·★ 7.6·Michael Curtiz

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1998·1h 45m·★ 7.3·Bill Condon

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Nixon

1995·3h 12m·★ 7.0·Oliver Stone

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