
Movies that feel like Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
If you loved Shadow of a Doubt, the closest films we have are The 39 Steps (1935), The Big Sleep (1946) and The Naked City (1948). All three share Shadow of a Doubt's tense and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 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.
If Shadow of a Doubt hit the spot, these will too

Both are Alfred Hitchcock's work, and they rhyme
The difference: None of the grit Shadow of a Doubt is built on

The same two preoccupations: detective, and film noir

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

Common ground: small town life

Both are built on the same subject: detective
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Shadow of a Doubt does

Two things both keep coming back to: widow and telegram
The difference: Not nearly as twisty as Shadow of a Doubt

Both are working the same pair: california, housewife

The same preoccupation in both: small town life

One thread runs through both: film noir

Alfred Hitchcock directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The same mix in both: tension, then grit

Both keep coming back to the same thing: widow
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