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10 Best Movies Like The Fallen Idol

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

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#1
The Big Clock

The Big Clock

1948★ 7.3

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

George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss...

#2
The Butcher

The Butcher

1970★ 7.1

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

An unlikely friendship between a dour, working class butcher and a repressed schoolteacher coincides with a grisly series of Ripper-type murders in a provincial French town....

#3
Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley

1947★ 7.2

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

A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband....

#4
The Killers

The Killers

1946★ 7.4

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

Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insur...

#5
The Man with the Golden Arm

The Man with the Golden Arm

1955★ 7.1

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

When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get ...

#6
The Fortune Cookie

The Fortune Cookie

1966★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Fallen Idol for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

TV cameraman Harry Hinkle is injured while filming a football game. Seeing big dollar signs, his unscrupulous ambulance-chasing lawyer brother-in-law Willie Gingrich enters the pic...