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Movies Like The Sign of the Ram

If you liked The Sign of the Ram (1948), a drama and thriller movie directed by John Sturges, 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. 1The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and thriller

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  2. 2Kiss of Death

    Kiss of Death (1947)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller

    An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

  3. 3The Red House

    The Red House (1947)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama

    An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.

  4. 4The Locket

    The Locket (1946)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller

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

  5. 5Anne of Green Gables

    Anne of Green Gables (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and…

  6. 6Flowers in the Attic

    Flowers in the Attic (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and thriller

    After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.

  7. 7Nightmare Alley

    Nightmare Alley (1947)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and thriller

    A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.

  8. 8A Woman's Face

    A Woman's Face (1941)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and thriller

    A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

  9. 9Repeat Performance

    Repeat Performance (1947)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult…

  10. 10Mansfield Park

    Mansfield Park (2007)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford

  11. 11Whirlpool

    Whirlpool (1950)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and drama

    The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her…

  12. 12Nightfall

    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.

  13. 13No 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.

  14. 14Conflict

    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.

  15. 15The Secret Garden

    The Secret Garden (1993)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama

    A young British girl born and reared in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's castle. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years…

  16. 16Framed

    Framed (1947)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame…

  17. 17Detour

    Detour (1945)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and 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.

  18. 18Black 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…

  19. 19Sleep, My Love

    Sleep, My Love (1948)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama

    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.

  20. 20Wonderstruck

    Wonderstruck (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    The story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.

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