Movies Like Violent Playground

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

Hell Is a City

1960·1h 38m·★ 7.0·Val Guest

Themes: northern england, film noirBoth star Stanley Baker & George A. Cooper

The Blue Lamp

1950·1h 24m·★ 6.8·Basil Dearden

Themes: british noir, film noirDir. Basil Dearden

Memories of Murder

2003·2h 11m·★ 8.1·Bong Joon Ho

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Mildred Pierce

1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

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Cape Fear

1962·1h 45m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

The Lady from Shanghai

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Orson Welles

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The Salton Sea

2002·1h 43m·★ 7.0·D.J. Caruso

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The Little Things

2021·2h 8m·★ 6.3·John Lee Hancock

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American Gigolo

1980·1h 57m·★ 6.3·Paul Schrader

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The Thin Man

1934·1h 31m·★ 7.9·W.S. Van Dyke

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The Unforgivable

2021·1h 52m·★ 7.2·Nora Fingscheidt

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Murder on the Orient Express

1974·2h 8m·★ 7.2·Sidney Lumet

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Life as a House

2001·2h 5m·★ 7.4·Irwin Winkler

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The Web

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American Skin

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24 Hour Party People

2002·1h 57m·★ 7.3·Michael Winterbottom

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The Big Combo

1955·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Joseph H. Lewis

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1950·1h 43m·★ 7.1·Vincent Sherman

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Filth

2013·1h 37m·★ 7.0·Jon S. Baird

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How Good Is Violent Playground?

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