Movies Like Three on a Match

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

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932·1h 32m·★ 8.2·Mervyn LeRoy

2 shared crewDir. Mervyn LeRoyDP: Sol Polito

Hi, Nellie!

1934·1h 15m·★ 6.8·Mervyn LeRoy

2 shared crewDir. Mervyn LeRoyDP: Sol Polito

Two Seconds

1932·1h 7m·★ 6.9·Mervyn LeRoy

2 shared crewDir. Mervyn LeRoyDP: Sol Polito

Heat Lightning

1934·1h 3m·★ 7.1·Mervyn LeRoy

Both star Ann Dvorak & Lyle TalbotDir. Mervyn LeRoyCrime & Drama

What Doesn't Kill You

2008·1h 40m·★ 6.5·Brian Goodman

Themes: drug addiction, infidelityFans also likedCrime & Drama

Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsStarring Ann DvorakCrime & Drama

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsStarring Humphrey Bogart

The Public Enemy

1931·1h 24m·★ 7.6·William A. Wellman

Fans also likedStarring Joan BlondellCrime & Drama

M

1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Highway

2014·2h 13m·★ 7.6·Imtiaz Ali

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Shanghai Express

1932·1h 22m·★ 7.3·Josef von Sternberg

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Blondie Johnson

1933·1h 8m·★ 6.7·Ray Enright

Both star Joan Blondell & Allen JenkinsCrime & Drama

Millie

1931·1h 25m·★ 6.2·John Francis Dillon

Themes: infidelity, pre-codeStarring Joan Blondell

Union Depot

1932·1h 7m·★ 7.1·Alfred E. Green

DP: Sol PolitoStarring Joan Blondell

Trainspotting

1996·1h 34m·★ 8.1·Danny Boyle

Fans also likedDrama & Crime

Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommends

Almost Famous

2000·2h 4m·★ 7.9·Cameron Crowe

TMDB recommends

Dirty Harry

1971·1h 42m·★ 7.7·Don Siegel

TMDB recommends

The Unforgivable

2021·1h 52m·★ 7.2·Nora Fingscheidt

Fans also likedDrama & Crime

Blue Story

2019·1h 31m·★ 6.3·Rapman

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

How Good Is Three on a Match?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.