Movies Like Too Late for Tears

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

The Killing

1956·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

Themes: bag of money, femme fataleTMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Last Seduction

1994·1h 50m·★ 7.0·John Dahl

Themes: scheming wife, femme fataleFans also likedThriller & Crime

Kill Me Again

1989·1h 34m·★ 6.3·John Dahl

Themes: bag of money, femme fataleFans also likedThriller & Crime

Dark City

1950·1h 38m·★ 6.7·William Dieterle

Both star Lizabeth Scott & Don DeForeFans also likedThriller & Crime

I Walk Alone

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.0·Byron Haskin

Both star Lizabeth Scott & Kristine MillerDir. Byron Haskin

Double Indemnity

1944·1h 47m·★ 8.3·Billy Wilder

Themes: scheming wife, femme fataleCrime & Thriller

M

1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

Chinatown

1974·2h 10m·★ 8.1·Roman Polanski

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Maltese Falcon

1941·1h 40m·★ 7.9·John Huston

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Brother

2000·1h 53m·★ 7.1·Takeshi Kitano

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

High Voltage

1972·1h 31m·★ 6.7·Julio Buchs

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Rebecca

1940·2h 10m·★ 8.0·Alfred Hitchcock

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Notorious

1946·1h 43m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

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Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

Fans also likedCrime & Thriller

Mildred Pierce

1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

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Pandora's Box

1929·2h 21m·★ 7.7·G.W. Pabst

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Ossessione

1944·2h 20m·★ 7.5·Luchino Visconti

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Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

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How Good Is Too Late for Tears?

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