Movies Like The Sinister Urge

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

Revenge of the Dead

1959·1h 9m·★ 3.6·Edward D. Wood Jr.

3 shared cast incl. Kenne Duncan & Duke Moore2 shared crewDir. Edward D. Wood Jr.

Plan 9 from Outer Space

1957·1h 18m·★ 3.9·Edward D. Wood Jr.

2 shared crewBoth star Duke Moore & Carl AnthonyDir. Edward D. Wood Jr.

Final Curtain

1957·22m·★ 4.4·Edward D. Wood Jr.

2 shared crewDir. Edward D. Wood Jr.DP: William C. Thompson

Glen or Glenda

1953·1h 11m·★ 4.3·Edward D. Wood Jr.

2 shared crewDir. Edward D. Wood Jr.DP: William C. Thompson

Bride of the Monster

1955·1h 9m·★ 4.2·Edward D. Wood Jr.

2 shared crewDir. Edward D. Wood Jr.DP: William C. Thompson

Jail Bait

1954·1h 14m·★ 3.8·Edward D. Wood Jr.

2 shared crewDir. Edward D. Wood Jr.DP: William C. Thompson

The Player

1992·2h 4m·★ 7.5·Robert Altman

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Get Shorty

1995·1h 45m·★ 6.9·Barry Sonnenfeld

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Where the Day Takes You

1992·1h 44m·★ 6.5·Marc Rocco

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The Cat's Meow

2001·1h 54m·★ 6.4·Peter Bogdanovich

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Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders

2006·1h 25m·★ 4.3·Chris Fisher

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The Informers

2008·1h 38m·★ 4.9·Gregor Jordan

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The Astounding She-Monster

1957·1h 2m·★ 3.7·Ronald V. Ashcroft

DP: William C. ThompsonStarring Kenne Duncan

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962·2h 15m·★ 8.0·Robert Aldrich

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Mulholland Drive

2001·2h 27m·★ 7.9·David Lynch

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Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019·2h 42m·★ 7.6·Quentin Tarantino

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Risqué

2025·1h 31m·★ 4.9·Tony Dean Smith

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The Man from London

2008·2h 19m·★ 7.0·Béla Tarr

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Underworld U.S.A.

1961·1h 39m·★ 7.3·Samuel Fuller

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Nightfall

1956·1h 19m·★ 7.1·Jacques Tourneur

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How Good Is The Sinister Urge?

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