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Movies Like Silent Partner

If you liked Silent Partner (1944), a thriller movie directed by George Blair, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1While the City Sleeps

    While the City Sleeps (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

  2. 2Conflict

    Conflict (1945)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

  3. 3Nightfall

    Nightfall (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

  4. 4Black Widow

    Black Widow (1987)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple…

  5. 5Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street (1953)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller

    In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…

  6. 6Cornered

    Cornered (1945)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.

  7. 7The Locket

    The Locket (1946)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

  8. 8Lady in the Lake

    Lady in the Lake (1946)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to…

  9. 9The Dark Mirror

    The Dark Mirror (1946)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller

    A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.

  10. 10Caught

    Caught (1949)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic, violent tendencies. Eventually, young Leonora escapes her unhappy life…

  11. 11Detour

    Detour (1945)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller

    The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.

  12. 12Footsteps in the Fog

    Footsteps in the Fog (1955)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller

    A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.

  13. 13Cause for Alarm!

    Cause for Alarm! (1951)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.

  14. 14The Man Who Cheated Himself

    The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

  15. 15Sleep, My Love

    Sleep, My Love (1948)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

  16. 16The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp (1950)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also…

  17. 17The Big Clock

    The Big Clock (1948)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller

    George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the…

  18. 18He Ran All the Way

    He Ran All the Way (1951)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller

    A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.

  19. 19No Name on the Bullet

    No Name on the Bullet (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

  20. 20Scandal Sheet

    Scandal Sheet (1952)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller

    A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.

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