
Movies that feel like The Killers (1946)
If you loved The Killers, the closest films we have are Criss Cross (1949), Out of the Past (1947) and The Naked City (1948). All three share The Killers' gritty and tense 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, Criterion Channel and Artiflix and others, checked against today's data.
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If The Killers hit the spot, these will too

Robert Siodmak directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Missing the twists of The Killers

The same two preoccupations: small town life, and gas station

Two things both keep coming back to: film noir and murder

Both keep coming back to the same thing: black and white
The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Killers does

Common ground: heist

Both are built on the same subject: small town life

Common ground in both: femme fatale and insurance investigator

The same preoccupation in both: gas station

One thread runs through both: film noir

Different title, same corner of the shelf

From the 1940s, and it lands the same way

Gritty and twisty in the same breath
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