
Movies that feel likeShadow of a Doubt (1943)
If you loved Shadow of a Doubt, the closest films we have are The Big Sleep (1946), The 39 Steps (1935) 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.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Narrow Margin (1952).
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If Shadow of a Doubt hit the spot, these will too

The same two preoccupations: detective, and film noir

Both are Alfred Hitchcock's work, and they rhyme
The difference: Trades the grit of Shadow of a Doubt for an angle of its own

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

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

Common ground: small town life

The same preoccupation in both: film noir

Alfred Hitchcock directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Takes it somewhere less atmospheric than Shadow of a Doubt does

Two things both keep coming back to: widow and telegram

One thread runs through both: murder

The same preoccupation in both: small town life


Both are working the same pair: california, housewife
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