Movies Similar to Crack-Up

Double Indemnity(1944)

A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.

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The Third Man(1949)

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.

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Elevator to the Gallows(1958)

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

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Murder, My Sweet(1944)

After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.

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Malice(1993)

A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

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The Hands of Orlac(1924)

A world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he is horrified to learn they once belonged to a murderer.

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Vertigo(1958)

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

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The Hot Month of August(1966)

A young man, Jason, is on his way home and meets two beautiful women, Hope and Alexis. He falls for Hope, but has sex with Alexis. He doesn't know that Alexis' husband has hired a private detective to trail her, and the man reports back to Alexis' husband about her affair with Jason. The husband kills Alexis but the police suspect Jason. He and Hope have to clear his name and find enough evidence to prove the husband is the killer.

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The Thin Man(1934)

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

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The Lady from Shanghai(1947)

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

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Gilda(1946)

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

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Left Behind(2020)

A man named Jack goes crazy in isolation after the world outside keeps changing.

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Le Pied(2003)

This is the terrifying story of a desperate foot. A reluctant accomplice of a man who has fallen into horror, he takes advantage of a moment when the man has dozed off to record a message for anyone who will listen. It's the ultimate S.O.S. from a foot who has no other option but to reveal the appalling truth to the world.

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In the Mouth of Madness(1995)

An insurance investigator begins discovering the impact a horror writer's books has on his fans is more than inspirational.

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Touch of Evil(1958)

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 bride, Susie, in jeopardy.

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The Brasher Doubloon(1947)

Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself entangled in a series of unexplained murders.

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Lady in the Lake(1946)

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.

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Crime of Passion(1956)

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.

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Laura(1944)

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

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Real(2017)

Jang Tae-Young is a popular trouble shooter in the criminal world. He is cold and ambitious. He dreams of building a casino hotel one day. A reporter then goes to Jang Tae-Young.

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