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10 Best Movies Like The Big Clock

If you loved The Big Clock, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Deadline - U.S.A.

Deadline - U.S.A.

1952★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Clock for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster....

#2
While the City Sleeps

While the City Sleeps

1956★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Clock for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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

#3
Nightfall

Nightfall

1956★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Clock for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit....

#4
The Web

The Web

1947★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Clock for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his hea...

#5
Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake

1946★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Clock for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about ...

#6
The Naked City

The Naked City

1948★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Clock for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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

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