# Movies like The Night of the Hunter

> Films most similar to The Night of the Hunter (1955) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/the-night-of-the-hunter-1955/>

## 11 films in this list

- **[The Killing](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-killing-1956/)** (1956) — ★ 7.6 · 1,701 votes · paranoid, raw, slow-burn
- **[Strangers on a Train](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/strangers-on-a-train-1951/)** (1951) — ★ 7.7 · 1,870 votes · cerebral, dread, paranoid
- **[White Heat](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/white-heat-1949/)** (1949) — ★ 7.7 · 539 votes · bittersweet, raw, unhinged
- **[M](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/m-1931/)** (1931) — ★ 8.1 · 2,453 votes · foreign-gem, dread, paranoid
- **[The Asphalt Jungle](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-asphalt-jungle-1950/)** (1950) — ★ 7.5 · 533 votes · dread, paranoid, raw
- **[Dial M for Murder](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/dial-m-for-murder-1954/)** (1954) — ★ 8.0 · 2,844 votes · cerebral, paranoid
- **[Touch of Evil](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/touch-of-evil-1958/)** (1958) — ★ 7.7 · 1,585 votes · neon-soaked, paranoid, raw
- **[I Confess](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/i-confess-1953/)** (1953) — ★ 7.1 · 482 votes · paranoid, slow-burn
- **[The Maltese Falcon](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-maltese-falcon-1941/)** (1941) — ★ 7.7 · 1,870 votes · cerebral
- **[Witness for the Prosecution](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/witness-for-the-prosecution-1957/)** (1957) — ★ 8.2 · 1,678 votes · cerebral, tender
- **[In a Lonely Place](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/in-a-lonely-place-1950/)** (1950) — ★ 7.6 · 662 votes · bittersweet, paranoid, tender

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