Movies Like The Sentinel

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

The Life of the Dead

1991·53m·★ 6.5·Arnaud Desplechin

4 shared cast incl. Thibault de Montalembert & Marianne DenicourtDir. Arnaud Desplechin

My Sex Life... or How I Got Into an Argument

1996·3h 1m·★ 6.7·Arnaud Desplechin

5 shared cast incl. Emmanuelle Devos & Emmanuel SalingerDir. Arnaud Desplechin

Don't Forget You're Going to Die

1996·1h 58m·★ 6.4·Xavier Beauvois

Both star Jean-Louis Richard & Emmanuel SalingerDP: Caroline Champetier

Z

1969·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Costa-Gavras

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Zodiac

2007·2h 37m·★ 7.7·David Fincher

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The Last Castle

2001·2h 11m·★ 7.0·Rod Lurie

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Murder on the Orient Express

1974·2h 8m·★ 7.2·Sidney Lumet

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Mr. Brooks

2007·2h·★ 7.2·Bruce A. Evans

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The Sleeping Car Murders

1965·1h 29m·★ 7.2·Costa-Gavras

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I'm a Killer

2016·1h 57m·★ 6.9·Maciej Pieprzyca

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We Own the Night

2007·1h 58m·★ 6.8·James Gray

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Backdraft

1991·2h 17m·★ 6.7·Ron Howard

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The Kingdom

2007·1h 50m·★ 7.0·Peter Berg

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The Ninth Gate

1999·2h 13m·★ 6.7·Roman Polanski

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TransSiberian

2008·1h 51m·★ 6.6·Brad Anderson

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Nightwatch

1997·1h 42m·★ 6.2·Ole Bornedal

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The Peacemaker

1997·2h 4m·★ 6.0·Mimi Leder

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Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

1995·1h 39m·★ 5.6·Geoff Murphy

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Forget Me

1995·1h 35m·★ 6.2·Noémie Lvovsky

Both star Emmanuelle Devos & Emmanuel Salinger

The Broken

2008·1h 33m·★ 5.4·Sean Ellis

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How Good Is The Sentinel?

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