Movies Like Dial M for Murder (1954)

Dial M for Murder is a 1954 crime, thriller film from Alfred Hitchcock with a MovieMagicScore of 8.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Secret Window and Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Crime Thriller

Secret Window

2004

Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

6.6

MagicScore

Their Eyes Were Watching God

2005

A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the morals of her small town. Based on the novel by Zora Neale Hurston.

5.4

MagicScore

I Married a Monster from Outer Space

1958

Aliens from Outer Space are slowly switching places with real humans -- one of the first being a young man about to get married. Slowly, his new wife realizes something is wrong, and her suspicions are confirmed when her husband's odd behaviour begins to show up in other townspeople.

6.1

MagicScore

Jules and Jim

1962

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.

7.5

MagicScore

Three Way

2004

Lew is a small time loser with a troubled past and a very big secret. Overhearing a couple plan a kidnapping, Lew is tempted to come up with a scheme of his own. He decides to get to the victim first and then blackmail the real criminals. His plan soon spins out of control.

4.0

MagicScore

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

Café Society

2016

The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.

6.5

MagicScore

Insomnia

2002

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

7.0

MagicScore

Sleep Tight

2011

César, an unhappy concierge, maintains a peculiar relationship with the very diverse inhabitants of the upper-class apartment building where he works in Barcelona.

7.1

MagicScore

#10

Lolita

1997

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

7.1

MagicScore

#11

I ♥ Huckabees

2004

A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.

6.3

MagicScore

#12

Swimming Pool

2003

A British crime novelist travels to her publisher's upmarket summer house in Southern France to seek solitude in order to work on her next book. However, the unexpected arrival of the publisher's daughter induces complications and a subsequent crime.

6.5

MagicScore

#13

Belle Époque

1992

In 1931, a young soldier deserts from the army and falls into a country farm, where he is welcomed by the owner due to his political ideas. Manolo has four daughters, Fernando likes all of them and they like him, so he has to decide which one to love.

6.6

MagicScore

#14

Gabrielle

2005

Wealthy but arrogant writer Jean Hervey comes home one day to find that his wife, Gabrielle, has left him for another man. Realizing her mistake, Gabrielle returns, and the pair begin a merciless analysis of their marriage as the relationship comes undone.

5.5

MagicScore

#15

R.I.P.D.

2013

A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.

5.9

MagicScore

#16

Heaven

2002

Cate Blanchett stars as Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, Italy, who has seen many friends, including her husband, fall victim to drug overdoses. Philippa has repeatedly contacted the police with information about Turin's biggest drug dealer but, complicit in his dealings, they have completely ignored her. So Philippa decides to dole out her own form of justice with a homemade bomb -- setting her off on a journey from young widow to fugitive on the run.

6.4

MagicScore

#17

I Know What You Did Last Summer

1997

After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the deadly secret resurfaces as they're stalked by a hook-handed figure.

6.0

MagicScore

#18

The Good Girl

2002

A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.

6.2

MagicScore

#19

Chain of Fools

2001

An avid detective is assigned to investigate the heist of a batch of precious coins that end up in the hands of a suicidal barber.

5.8

MagicScore

#20

The Last Days of Disco

1998

Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.

6.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Dial M for Murder?

The top films similar to Dial M for Murder by MovieMagicScore are Secret Window (6.6), Their Eyes Were Watching God (5.4), I Married a Monster from Outer Space (6.1). Each shares crime/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Dial M for Murder worth watching?

Dial M for Murder holds a MovieMagicScore of 8.0/10 from 2,742 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Dial M for Murder?

Dial M for Murder (1954) is a crime, thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings.

Where can I find more recommendations like Dial M for Murder?

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About movies like Dial M for Murder

This ranked list pairs Dial M for Murder (1954), a crime and thriller film from Alfred Hitchcock, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ray Milland 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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