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10 Best Movies Like A Cry for Help

If you loved A Cry for Help, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Rear Window

Rear Window

1954★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Cry for Help for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder....

#2
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Cry for Help for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...

#3
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Cry for Help for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begi...

#4
Gladiator

Gladiator

2000★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Cry for Help for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced...

#5
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Cry for Help for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp...

#6
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Cry for Help for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...