
Movies that feel likeDetour (1945)
If you loved Detour, the closest films we have are Odd Man Out (1947), Blast of Silence (1961) and Killer's Kiss (1955). All three share Detour's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).
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If Detour hit the spot, these will too

Both are built on the same subject: film noir
The difference: Leans harder into crime than Detour does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: film noir

The same mix in both: stillness, then tension

Both lean on atmosphere more than on thriller
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Detour does

Drama built on stillness, twice over


Atmospheric drama, and it commits to that

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Both run atmospheric where it counts


Cut from the same thriller cloth
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