Movies Like Dead Men Tell No Tales
If you liked Dead Men Tell No Tales (1938), a thriller and crime movie directed by David MacDonald, 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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Dial M for Murder (1954)
★ 8/10Also thriller and crimeWhen her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
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The United States of Leland (2003)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeA withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl…
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The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thrillerA crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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The Awakening (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerIn post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
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The Gambler (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and crimeLiterature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as collateral. Staying one step ahead, he…
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Arabesque (1966)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerWhen a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is recruited to help expose the scheme. Pollock must find information…
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I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
★ 6.9/10Also crimeA young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
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The Woman in the Window (1944)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and thrillerA seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
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Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington (1987)
★ 7.5/10Also crimeTravelling on the 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on a passing train - but where is the body?
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Ca$h (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and thrillerA stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a…
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Greed (1924)
★ 7.3/10Also crimeWhen housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia and partly by the machinations of villainous acquaintance Marcus.
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Dismissed (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerA straight-edged teacher finds trouble when an honors student is willing to do anything to get an A.
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Your Lucky Day (2023)
★ 6/10Also thriller and crimeAfter a dispute over a winning lottery ticket turns into a deadly hostage situation, the witnesses must decide exactly how far they’ll go—and how much blood they’re willing to spill—for a cut of the $156 million.
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The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and crimeWhen teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary, Karl signs on as a new substitute…
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The Killer (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crimeZee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by criminal colleagues and a determined police detective.
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Deathtrap (1982)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerA Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.
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Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
★ 7/10Also thriller and crimeA Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
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The Pelican Brief (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerA law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
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Blitz (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and thrillerA tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
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In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also crime and thrillerWhen her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.