Movies Like The October Man

If you liked The October Man (1947), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Roy Ward Baker, 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
Sleep, My Love (1948)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery
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.
2
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.
3
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery
A 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.
4
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery and thriller
Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy…
5
Rebecca (1940)
★ 7.9/10Also mystery and thriller
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips…
6
Reminiscence (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thriller
Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life…
7
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…
8
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
9
The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and thriller
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
10
The Red House (1947)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and thriller
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.
11
Black Angel (1946)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.
12
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.
13
Goodnight Mommy (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery
When twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
14
House by the River (1950)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the blame for the murder on his sibling. Also affected by…
15
The Verdict (1946)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
16
Memento (2000)
★ 8.2/10Also mystery and thriller
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term…
17
A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller
Whitney 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…
18
M (1951)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
In the city, someone is murdering children. The police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.
19
The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller
A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.
20
Fallen Angel (1945)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…