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10 Best Movies Like The Pretender

If you loved The Pretender, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Web

The Web

1947★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pretender for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his hea...

#2
Pitfall

Pitfall

1948★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pretender for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator....

#3
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pretender for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob....

#4
Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

1939★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pretender for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in ord...

#5
The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pretender for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign....

#6
5 Against the House

5 Against the House

1955★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pretender for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino....

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