Movies like The Postman Always Rings Twice
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to The Postman Always Rings Twice. Explore films such as Double Indemnity, The Lady from Shanghai, and Strangers on a Train, around the themes of murder of husband, older husband younger wife relationship, drifter. Other notable keywords include district attorney and fatal attraction.
#1
Double Indemnity
Synopsis:
A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he signs a double indemnity policy. Against a backdrop of distinctly Californian settings, the partners in crime plan the perfect murder to collect the insurance, which pays double if the death is accidental.
Starring:
Fred MacMurray,
Edward G. Robinson,
Porter Hall
#2
The Lady from Shanghai
Synopsis:
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
Starring:
Ted de Corsia,
Orson Welles,
Erskine Sanford
#3
Strangers on a Train
Synopsis:
A deranged socialite accosts a tennis star with his theory that if two strangers trade murders, they can disguise their motives and avoid suspicion.
Starring:
Leo G. Carroll,
Howard St. John,
Patricia Hitchcock
#4
The Wolf of Wall Street
Synopsis:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Starring:
Jonah Hill,
Margot Robbie,
Jon Bernthal
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#5
Out of the Past
Synopsis:
Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, CA. He is dating local girl Ann Miller and lives a quiet life. But Jeff has a secret past, and when a mysterious stranger arrives in town, Jeff is forced to return to the dark world he had tried to escape.
Starring:
Kirk Douglas,
Robert Mitchum,
Rhonda Fleming
#6
Witness for the Prosecution
Synopsis:
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits—but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.
Starring:
John Williams,
Elsa Lanchester,
Marlene Dietrich
#7
The Getaway
Synopsis:
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
Starring:
Al Lettieri,
Richard Bright,
Bo Hopkins
#8
Chinatown
Synopsis:
Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.
Starring:
James Hong,
Jack Nicholson,
Roman Polanski
Plot:
neo noir,
private detective,
femme fatale,
detective,
police,
water rights,
tragedy,
year 1937,
racism,
domestic violence
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#9
Catch Me If You Can
Synopsis:
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Starring:
Jennifer Garner,
Tom Hanks,
Brian Howe
Plot:
impostor,
race against time,
deception,
mother son relationship,
scam,
fraud,
forgery,
con artist,
airplane,
revenge
...
#10
Wild Things
Synopsis:
When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...
Starring:
Kevin Bacon,
Bill Murray,
Daphne Rubin-Vega
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#11
Touch of Evil
Synopsis:
When a car bomb explodes on the American side of the U.S./Mexico border, Mexican drug enforcement agent Miguel Vargas begins his investigation, along with American police captain Hank Quinlan. When Vargas begins to suspect that Quinlan and his shady partner, Menzies, are planting evidence to frame an innocent man, his investigations into their possible corruption quickly put himself and his new b…
Starring:
Charlton Heston,
Joanna Moore,
Ray Collins
Plot:
investigation,
murder,
brothel,
drugs,
corruption,
cigar smoking,
kiss,
fight,
shadow,
explosion
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#12
The Pelican Brief
Synopsis:
Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
Starring:
Denzel Washington,
Stanley Tucci,
John Heard
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#13
The Graduate
Synopsis:
Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
Starring:
Katharine Ross,
Dustin Hoffman,
Murray Hamilton
#14
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Synopsis:
An American writer living in Rome witnesses an attempted murder that is connected to an ongoing killing spree in the city, and conducts his own investigation despite himself and his girlfriend being targeted by the killer.
Starring:
Tony Musante,
Enrico Maria Salerno,
Suzy Kendall
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#15
The Big Heat
Synopsis:
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
Starring:
Jeanette Nolan,
Glenn Ford,
Lee Marvin
#16
Sleepers
Synopsis:
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Starring:
Billy Crudup,
Robert De Niro,
Minnie Driver
Plot:
child molestation,
sexual abuse,
sexual predator,
sadistic rape,
pedo,
gore,
revenge,
rape,
confession booth,
physical assault
...
#17
From Here to Eternity
Synopsis:
In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.
Starring:
Jack Warden,
Burt Lancaster,
Deborah Kerr
Plot:
dead soldier,
drunk soldier,
bugler,
u.s. army,
dysfunctional marriage,
awol,
court martial,
warplane,
air attack,
whiskey
...
#18
Elevator to the Gallows
Synopsis:
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Starring:
Lino Ventura,
Jeanne Moreau,
Georges Poujouly
#19
The Night of the Hunter
Synopsis:
In the Deep South, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
Starring:
Shelley Winters,
Peter Graves,
James Gleason
Plot:
widow,
preacher,
southern gothic,
spanking,
psychopath,
cult film,
money,
doll,
death,
promise
...
#20
The Maltese Falcon
Synopsis:
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
Starring:
Peter Lorre,
Humphrey Bogart,
Sydney Greenstreet