
Movies that feel likeThe Big Sleep (1946)
If you loved The Big Sleep, the closest films we have are Shadow of a Doubt (1943), The Naked City (1948) and Stray Dog (1949). All three share The Big Sleep's twisty and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Criss Cross (1949).
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If The Big Sleep hit the spot, these will too

The same two preoccupations: detective, and film noir

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

One thread runs through both: detective
The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Big Sleep does

The same preoccupation in both: film noir

Twisty and gritty in the same breath

Howard Hawks working the same nerve twice
The difference: Trades the twists of The Big Sleep for an angle of its own

Both are built on the same subject: whodunit


Both land tension and atmosphere at once
The difference: Takes it somewhere less twisty than The Big Sleep does

Mystery with a pulse of twists, in both cases


Both are built on the same subject: murder
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