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Movies that feel like Eyes Without a Face (1960)

If you loved Eyes Without a Face, the closest films we have are Cape Fear (1962), Odd Man Out (1947) and Detour (1945). All three share Eyes Without a Face's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Dr. Génessier is riddled with guilt after an accident that he caused disfigures the face of his daughter, the once beautiful Christiane, who outsiders believe is dead. Dr. Génessier, along with accomplice and laboratory assistant Louise, kidnaps young women and brings them to the Génessier mansion. After rendering his victims unconscious, Dr. Génessier removes their faces and attempts to graft them on to Christiane's.

🍅 97% Rotten Tomatoes7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Georges Franjucontemplativedreadunsettlingtenseatmospheric
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Cape Fear
1962 · dir. J. Lee Thompson
🍅 89%7.7thriller · drama · crime

Common ground: film noir

The difference: None of the dread Eyes Without a Face is built on

Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.

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Odd Man Out
1947 · dir. Carol Reed
🍅 100%7.6crime · drama · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: black and white

The difference: Missing the dread of Eyes Without a Face

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.

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Detour
1945 · dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
🍅 98%7.3drama · thriller

The same preoccupation in both: film noir

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.

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Blast of Silence
1961 · dir. Allen Baron
🍅 83%7.4crime · drama · thriller

Contemplative and tense in the same breath

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Eyes Without a Face does

A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York. But a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer with pet rats get in his way.

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Sweet Smell of Success
1957 · dir. Alexander Mackendrick
🍅 98%8drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: black and white

New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

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The Haunting
1963 · dir. Robert Wise
🍅 87%7.4horror

One thread runs through both: experiment

Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…

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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · dir. Robert Aldrich
🍅 91%8drama · horror · thriller

Both land dread and unease at once

A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

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Killer's Kiss
1955 · dir. Stanley Kubrick
🍅 83%6.5thriller · crime · drama

Both lean on atmosphere more than on drama

Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.

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The Fly
1958 · dir. Kurt Neumann
🍅 95%7.1science fiction · horror · drama

One thread runs through both: scientist

Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber.

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Shoot the Piano Player
1960 · dir. François Truffaut
🍅 90%7.4drama · thriller · crime

Thriller built on stillness, twice over

Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.

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Touch of Evil
1958 · dir. Orson Welles
🍅 96%8crime · thriller · drama

Horror with a pulse of tension, in both cases

A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.

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Odds Against Tomorrow
1959 · dir. Robert Wise
🍅 88%7.4crime · drama · thriller

Atmospheric drama in both cases

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

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