Movies Like The Accused
If you liked The Accused (1949), a drama and thriller movie directed by William Dieterle, 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.
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The Woman in the Window (1944)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and thrillerA seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
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The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also thrillerAfter a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
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The Maltese Falcon (1941)
★ 7.7/10Also thrillerA private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
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Sleep, My Love (1948)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and dramaA 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.
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Soul Surfer (2011)
★ 7/10Also dramaThe true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith.
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Evil Under the Sun (1982)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and dramaAn opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.
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Lady in the Lake (1946)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerPrivate 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…
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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerJane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
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Where'd You Go, Bernadette (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaWhen architect-turned-recluse Bernadette Fox goes missing prior to a family trip to Antarctica, her 15-year-old daughter, Bee, goes on a quest with Bernadette's husband to find her.
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Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerSherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a…
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Strangers on a Train (1951)
★ 7.7/10Also thriller and dramaA charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
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Murder in Three Acts (1986)
★ 6/10Also dramaIn Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
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The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama and thrillerA troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
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Breath (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaA pair of teenagers in Western Australia looking to escape the monotony of life in a small town take up surfing lessons from a guy named Sando.
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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
★ 7.5/10Also thrillerIn sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…
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Laura (1944)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaA police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thrillerWhen their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
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A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerWhitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that…
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Nancy (2018)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thrillerNancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thrillerIn 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.