Movies like Pitfall
If Pitfall's mix of blackmail, film noir and extramarital affair stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Pitfall's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Double Indemnity
1944 · Directed by Billy Wilder · 107 min8.1
Why you'll like itWith Byron Barr · Shares: film noir · From the same decade (1940s)
An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.
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Mildred Pierce
1945 · Directed by Michael Curtiz · 111 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: film noir · Also crime and drama · From the same decade (1940s)
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
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The Asphalt Jungle
1950 · Directed by John Huston · 113 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: film noir · Also crime and drama
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
1950 · Directed by Otto Preminger · 95 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: film noir · Also crime and drama
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
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Blackmail
1929 · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 86 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: blackmail · Also drama and crime
London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend.