
Movies that feel likeSunset Boulevard (1950)
If you loved Sunset Boulevard, the closest films we have are Ace in the Hole (1951), Sweet Smell of Success (1957) and The Lost Weekend (1945). All three share Sunset Boulevard's contemplative and atmospheric feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Force of Evil (1950).
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If Sunset Boulevard hit the spot, these will too

Billy Wilder directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Common ground in both: film noir and black and white

Billy Wilder working the same nerve twice

Contemplative and atmospheric in the same breath
The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

The same preoccupation in both: film noir
The difference: Trades the stillness of Sunset Boulevard for an angle of its own

Drama built on stillness, twice over
The difference: Leans harder into crime than Sunset Boulevard does

Atmospheric drama, and it commits to that

One thread runs through both: black and white

Contemplative drama in both cases

A streak of atmosphere through both

Both play drama straight

Both are drama through and through
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