# Movies like They Live by Night

> Films most similar to They Live by Night (1949) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/they-live-by-night-1949/>

## 9 films in this list

- **[Call Northside 777](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/call-northside-777-1948/)** (1948) — ★ 6.7 · 174 votes · cerebral, raw
- **[Absence of Malice](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/absence-of-malice-1981/)** (1981) — ★ 6.6 · 248 votes · bittersweet, tender
- **[The Crimson Kimono](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-crimson-kimono-1959/)** (1959) — ★ 6.6 · 65 votes · bittersweet, outsider, slow-burn
- **[The Wild One](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-wild-one-1953/)** (1953) — ★ 6.6 · 330 votes · outsider, unhinged
- **[Atlantic City](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/atlantic-city-1980/)** (1980) — ★ 6.8 · 297 votes · bittersweet, raw, tender
- **[Perfect Sense](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/perfect-sense-2011/)** (2011) — ★ 6.9 · 1,238 votes · bittersweet, dread, tender
- **[Starman](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/starman-1984/)** (1984) — ★ 6.9 · 980 votes · bittersweet, cozy, tender
- **[How I Live Now](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/how-i-live-now-2013/)** (2013) — ★ 6.6 · 938 votes · bittersweet, outsider, slow-burn
- **[Animal Kingdom](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/animal-kingdom-2010/)** (2010) — ★ 6.8 · 905 votes · dread, gut-punch, paranoid

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