# Movies like Cape Fear

> Films most similar to Cape Fear (1962) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/cape-fear-1962/>

## 12 films in this list

- **[Cape Fear](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/cape-fear-1991/)** (1991) — ★ 7.3 · 3,839 votes · dread, paranoid, raw
- **[The Night of the Hunter](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-night-of-the-hunter-1955/)** (1955) — ★ 7.9 · 1,820 votes · bittersweet, dread, slow-burn
- **[In the Heat of the Night](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/in-the-heat-of-the-night-1967/)** (1967) — ★ 7.7 · 1,235 votes · bittersweet, paranoid, raw
- **[Le Samouraï](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/le-samourai-1967/)** (1967) — ★ 7.8 · 1,246 votes · foreign-gem, dread, neon-soaked
- **[Purple Noon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/purple-noon-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 7.6 · 594 votes · foreign-gem, cerebral, paranoid
- **[The Bad Sleep Well](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-bad-sleep-well-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 7.7 · 280 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, cerebral
- **[Point Blank](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/point-blank-1967/)** (1967) — ★ 7.0 · 426 votes · neon-soaked, paranoid, raw
- **[A Simple Plan](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/a-simple-plan-1998/)** (1998) — ★ 7.2 · 1,069 votes · paranoid, slow-burn
- **[Charley Varrick](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/charley-varrick-1973/)** (1973) — ★ 7.4 · 280 votes · paranoid, raw
- **[Z](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/z-1969/)** (1969) — ★ 7.8 · 619 votes · foreign-gem, paranoid, raw
- **[10 to Midnight](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/10-to-midnight-1983/)** (1983) — ★ 6.2 · 226 votes · paranoid, raw
- **[Shoot the Piano Player](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/shoot-the-piano-player-1960/)** (1960) — ★ 7.2 · 441 votes · bittersweet, playful

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