Citizen Kane

Movies Like

Citizen Kane (1941)

Mystery, Drama

If you loved Citizen Kane, you'll love these similar films. Handpicked based on shared themes, genre, and feel.

Hereafter

Hereafter

2010 ★ 6.1

Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

1946 ★ 8.3

George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.

The Tarnished Angels

The Tarnished Angels

1957 ★ 6.8

In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, works as a parachutist. When newspaper reporter Burke Devlin arrives to do a story on the Shumanns’ act, he quickly falls in love with the beautiful--and neglected--LaVerne.

Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

1974 ★ 7.1

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

Cassandra's Dream

Cassandra's Dream

2007 ★ 6.3

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

Shattered Glass

Shattered Glass

2003 ★ 7.0

The true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in his 20s, becoming a staff writer at The New Republic for three years. Looking for a short cut to fame, Glass concocted sources, quotes and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever, and eventually, his world came crumbling down.

Chaplin

Chaplin

1992 ★ 7.4

An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.

Catch Me If You Can

Catch Me If You Can

2002 ★ 8.0

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

Mank

Mank

2020 ★ 6.7

1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.

Inseparable

Inseparable

2012 ★ 6.1

A troubled engineer faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. American expat Chuck, rescues him from the brink of despair and becomes an unlikely mentor.

On a Wing and a Prayer

On a Wing and a Prayer

2023 ★ 5.9

After their pilot dies unexpectedly mid-flight, passenger Doug White must safely land a plane and save his entire family from insurmountable danger.

The Edge

The Edge

1997 ★ 6.8

The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.

Nicholas Nickleby

Nicholas Nickleby

2002 ★ 6.9

Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.

My Dinner with Hervé

My Dinner with Hervé

2018 ★ 6.3

An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957 ★ 6.7

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.

The Sense of an Ending

The Sense of an Ending

2017 ★ 6.4

A man becomes haunted by his past and is presented with a mysterious legacy that causes him to re-think his current situation in life.

Richard Jewell

Richard Jewell

2019 ★ 7.4

Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.

Gray Lady Down

Gray Lady Down

1978 ★ 6.4

The USS Neptune, a nuclear submarine, is sunk off the coast of Connecticut after a collision with a Norwegian cargo ship. The navy must attempt a potentially dangerous rescue in the hope of saving the lives of the crew.

Keeper of the Flame

Keeper of the Flame

1943 ★ 6.6

Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.

People Like Us

People Like Us

2012 ★ 6.8

After flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, a struggling man discovers that the will stipulates that he must deliver $150,000 in cash to a 30-year-old alcoholic sister he never knew existed, and her troubled 12-year-old son.

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