Movies Like Deadline at Dawn (1946)

Deadline at Dawn is a 1946 mystery, romance, thriller film from Harold Clurman with a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Moontide and Blackout.

Mystery Romance Thriller

Moontide

1942

After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.

6.3

MagicScore

Blackout

1954

When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn't ask too many questions. But when the girl's father is found murdered the following day and Morrow's coat is soaked with blood, he must unravel the mystery to clear his name. An intriguing story of deception, greed and immorality.

6.0

MagicScore

Elevator to the Gallows

1958

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

7.6

MagicScore

The Girl on the Train

2016

Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

6.4

MagicScore

Pool of London

1951

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.

6.5

MagicScore

In the Heights

2021

The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic or staying in Washington Heights.

7.1

MagicScore

Johnny Angel

1945

George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father's mysterious death.

5.9

MagicScore

On the Town

1949

Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

7.0

MagicScore

Secret Beyond the Door

1947

After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.

6.5

MagicScore

#10

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

The Naked City

1948

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

7.2

MagicScore

#12

Street of Chance

1942

In this Cornell Woolrich thriller, a man's memory is recovered after being injured by falling construction material. Discovering a year-long lapse, he returns to his old life and discovers a lot of mysterious happenings.

5.3

MagicScore

#13

The Big Clock

1948

Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.

7.3

MagicScore

#14

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

He Ran All the Way

1951

A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.

7.2

MagicScore

#16

Kiss of Death

1947

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

7.0

MagicScore

#17

Blast of Silence

1961

A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York. But a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer with pet rats get in his way.

7.0

MagicScore

#18

The Window

1949

An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw what they did, and are out to permanently silence him.

6.9

MagicScore

#19

While the City Sleeps

1956

Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

6.9

MagicScore

#20

The Seventh Victim

1943

After young Mary Gibson discovers that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, she leaves her boarding school and heads to New York City to track down her sibling. But Mary gets drawn deeper into the mystery.

6.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Deadline at Dawn?

The top films similar to Deadline at Dawn by MovieMagicScore are Moontide (6.3), Blackout (6.0), Elevator to the Gallows (7.6). Each shares mystery/romance/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Deadline at Dawn worth watching?

Deadline at Dawn holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10 from 34 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Deadline at Dawn?

Deadline at Dawn (1946) is a mystery, romance, thriller film directed by Harold Clurman, starring Susan Hayward, Paul Lukas, Bill Williams.

Where can I find more recommendations like Deadline at Dawn?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more mystery recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Deadline at Dawn

This ranked list pairs Deadline at Dawn (1946), a mystery and romance and thriller film from Harold Clurman, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Susan Hayward 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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