Movies Like The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog is a 1927 crime, mystery, thriller film from Alfred Hitchcock with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Lodger and Man in the Attic.

Crime Mystery Thriller

The Lodger

1944

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

6.4

MagicScore

Man in the Attic

1953

London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research pathologist, takes lodgings with the Harleys, including a gloomy attic room for "experiments." Mrs. Harley finds Slade odd and increasingly suspects the worst; her niece Lily (star of a decidedly Parisian stage revue) finds him interesting and increasingly attractive. Is Lily in danger, or are her mother's suspicions merely a red herring?

5.4

MagicScore

Kinky Boots

2005

Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.

6.7

MagicScore

Zoolander

2001

Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic Hansel scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru Mugatu seizes the opportunity to turn Derek into a killing machine. It's a well-designed conspiracy and only with the help of Hansel and a few well-chosen accessories like Matilda can Derek make the world safe for male models everywhere.

6.2

MagicScore

Prêt-à-Porter

1994

During Paris Fashion Week, models, designers and industry hot shots gather to work, mingle, argue and try to seduce one another.

5.2

MagicScore

Zoolander 2

2016

Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business.

4.9

MagicScore

From Hell

2001

Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

6.7

MagicScore

Blow-Up

1966

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.

7.3

MagicScore

Jack the Ripper

1976

A serial killer whose mother was a prostitute starts killing streetwalkers as a way of paying back his mother for her abuse.

5.8

MagicScore

#10

The Strangers: Prey at Night

2018

A family's road trip takes a dangerous turn when they arrive at a secluded mobile home park to stay with some relatives and find it mysteriously deserted. Under the cover of darkness, three masked killers pay them a visit to test the family's every limit as they struggle to survive.

5.7

MagicScore

#11

In a Day

2006

A young woman spends a curiously unpredictable day with a stranger.

7.4

MagicScore

#12

Phantom Thread

2017

In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.

7.3

MagicScore

#13

Fat Slags

2004

Leaving their hometown of Fulchester in the North of England, Sandra and Tracey head for the bright lights of London, shagging and boozing their way to fame and fortune.

3.0

MagicScore

#14

Absolute Beginners

1986

A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...

5.4

MagicScore

#15

Luther: The Fallen Sun

2023

A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.

6.6

MagicScore

#16

Lured

1947

Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

Apartment Zero

1989

In a rundown area of Buenos Aires, at the dawn of the 1980s, Adrian LeDuc owns both a struggling movie theater and a shabby apartment building filled with eccentric, squabbling tenants. To make ends meet, Adrian takes in a roommate, Jack Carney, but soon begins to suspect that the quiet American is responsible for a series of political assassinations that are rocking the city.

6.7

MagicScore

#18

Malice

1993

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

The Tenant

1976

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

7.6

MagicScore

#20

Pacific Heights

1990

A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

6.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog?

The top films similar to The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog by MovieMagicScore are The Lodger (6.4), Man in the Attic (5.4), Kinky Boots (6.7). Each shares crime/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog worth watching?

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 321 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog?

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927) is a crime, mystery, thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog?

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About movies like The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

This ranked list pairs The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927), a crime and mystery and thriller film from Alfred Hitchcock, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ivor Novello take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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