Movies Like They Live by Night

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

On Dangerous Ground

1951·1h 22m·★ 7.2·Nicholas Ray

2 shared crewDir. Nicholas RayDP: George E. Diskant

A Woman's Secret

1949·1h 24m·★ 6.0·Nicholas Ray

2 shared crewDir. Nicholas RayDP: George E. Diskant

The Wild One

1953·1h 19m·★ 6.7·László Benedek

Both star Jay C. Flippen & Will WrightFans also likedDrama & Crime & Romance

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946·2h 51m·★ 8.1·William Wyler

TMDB recommendsStarring Cathy O'DonnellDrama & Romance

Pandora's Box

1929·2h 21m·★ 7.7·G.W. Pabst

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime & Romance

Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommendsStarring Farley Granger

Some Like It Hot

1959·2h 3m·★ 8.2·Billy Wilder

TMDB recommendsRomance & Crime

M

1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Roman Holiday

1953·1h 59m·★ 8.0·William Wyler

TMDB recommendsRomance & Drama

Wings of Desire

1987·2h 8m·★ 7.9·Wim Wenders

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Rififi

1955·1h 58m·★ 8.1·Jules Dassin

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Good German

2006·1h 48m·★ 6.0·Steven Soderbergh

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

You Only Live Once

1937·1h 26m·★ 7.2·Fritz Lang

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Romance

Fallen Angel

1945·1h 38m·★ 7.0·Otto Preminger

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Romance

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961·3h 11m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kramer

TMDB recommends

Andrei Rublev

1966·3h 3m·★ 8.0·Andrei Tarkovsky

TMDB recommends

Umberto D.

1952·1h 31m·★ 8.1·Vittorio De Sica

TMDB recommends

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951·1h 32m·★ 7.7·Robert Wise

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Baby Driver

2017·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Edgar Wright

Themes: bank robbery, on the run

How Good Is They Live by Night?

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