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Movies like Sunset Boulevard (1950) Finished Sunset Boulevard and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with Sunset Boulevard, and what it does not.
What did you love about Sunset Boulevard? Pick up to 3, and the matches below will be ranked around them. Optional — leave it blank for the closest overall.
Decline and fall Aging and obsolescence Film noir Hollywood satire Toxic ambition The corrupting influence of power Illusion vs reality Psychological drama Your best matches Ranked against what Sunset Boulevard is actually about, not its genre labels.
62% Reverina match Top pick 1941 · Film · Drama · Mystery
Worth a look
Why it matches Also psychological drama at heart Told the same way, nonlinear Centres on the same antihero figure More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Shares its melancholic register
What's different Not about power dynamics or aging and obsolescence Not built around illusion vs reality or decline and fall Darkness Fairly light
Light Dark
Commitment 1h 59m
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Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Sunset Boulevard.
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2002 · Film · Drama · Comedy
Worth a look
Why it matches Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Centres on the same antihero figure Shares its melancholic and cathartic register Builds as slowly What's different Not really psychological drama or hollywood satire Not about power dynamics or aging and obsolescence Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Sunset Boulevard.
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1973 · Film · Drama · Crime
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Why it matches Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Shares its melancholic and cathartic register Builds as slowly Carries the same emotional weight What's different Not really psychological drama or hollywood satire Not about power dynamics or aging and obsolescence Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Sunset Boulevard.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 · 1h 48m
Also psychological drama at heart Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Lolita 1997
Also psychological drama at heart Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Moonlight 2016
Told the same way, nonlinear Centres on the same outsider figure Drive 2011 · 1h 40m
Centres on the same antihero figure Shares its melancholic register 
