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Movies that feel like Gilda (1946)

If you loved Gilda, the closest films we have are The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), In a Lonely Place (1950) and Detour (1945). All three share Gilda's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 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.

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

πŸ… 90% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Charles Vidorromantictendercontemplativetenseatmospheric

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The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946 Β· dir. Tay Garnett
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.4drama Β· romance Β· crime

Both are built on the same subject: film noir

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Gilda does

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

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In a Lonely Place
1950 Β· dir. Nicholas Ray
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.9thriller Β· drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: film noir

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than Gilda does

A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.

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Detour
1945 Β· dir. Edgar G. Ulmer
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.3drama Β· thriller

Contemplative where it counts, tense underneath

The difference: None of the romance Gilda is built on

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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Odd Man Out
1947 Β· dir. Carol Reed
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.6crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Atmospheric drama in both cases

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

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Gun Crazy
1950 Β· dir. Joseph H. Lewis
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.6crime Β· romance Β· drama

Romantic and tender in the same breath

Bart Tare is an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, he meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, on Starr's behest, they embark on a crime spree for cash.

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To Have and Have Not
1945 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8adventure Β· romance Β· war

Both lean on romance more than on romance

A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.

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Wuthering Heights
1939 Β· dir. William Wyler
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5drama Β· romance

One thread runs through both: jealousy

Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.

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Blast of Silence
1961 Β· dir. Allen Baron
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.4crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Thriller built on stillness, twice over

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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Killer's Kiss
1955 Β· dir. Stanley Kubrick
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.5thriller Β· crime Β· drama

Tense drama, and it commits to that

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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High Sierra
1941 Β· dir. Raoul Walsh
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5crime Β· drama Β· action

Thriller with a pulse of atmosphere, in both cases

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.

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Criss Cross
1949 Β· dir. Robert Siodmak
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.4crime Β· thriller

Both lean on tension more than on romance

An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.

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Fury
1936 Β· dir. Fritz Lang
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.8crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Romantic drama, and it commits to that

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.

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