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Movies Like Broadway

If you liked Broadway (1929), a music and crime movie directed by Pál Fejős, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1King Creole

    King Creole (1958)

    ★ 6.4/10Also music and crime

    Delinquent Danny Fisher flunks out of high school, quits his job as a nightclub busboy, and one night gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at…

  2. 2Jailhouse Rock

    Jailhouse Rock (1957)

    ★ 6.3/10Also music

    Young convict Vince Everett, serving time for manslaughter, discovers his musical talent in prison and becomes a rock and roll star after his release, navigating fame and relationships.

  3. 3Hoodlum

    Hoodlum (1997)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

    In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and…

  4. 4Love Happy

    Love Happy (1949)

    ★ 5.8/10Also music

    The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

  5. 5Juice

    Juice (1992)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime

    Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different…

  6. 6Battle of the Year

    Battle of the Year (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music

    A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.

  7. 7Belly

    Belly (1998)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime

    Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking…

  8. 8Al Capone

    Al Capone (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder…

  9. 9Oscar

    Oscar (1991)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime

    Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets…

  10. 10Get Rich or Die Tryin'

    Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and music

    A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

  11. 11The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

    The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    To the Los Angeles elite, Ford Fairlane is known as "Mr. Rock 'n' Roll Detective." This loudmouthed ladies' man serves an exclusive rock star clientele, who depend on his keen eye and smug discretion. So when a…

  12. 12The Big Store

    The Big Store (1941)

    ★ 6.3/10Also music

    A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.

  13. 13Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

  14. 14Blue Story

    Blue Story (2019)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime

    Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a…

  15. 15The Asphalt Jungle

    The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime

    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.

  16. 16Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

    Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase…

  17. 17Thick as Thieves

    Thick as Thieves (1999)

    ★ 6/10Also crime

    Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing…

  18. 18Motor City

    Motor City (2026)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    In 1970s Detroit, John Miller falls for a local gangster's girl and lands in prison for a crime he didn't commit. With his life ruined, Miller plots revenge against the man who took his girl away.

  19. 19Biggie & Tupac

    Biggie & Tupac (2002)

    ★ 6.4/10Also music

    In 1997, rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G.) were gunned down in separate incidents, the apparent victims of hip hop's infamous east-west rivalry. Nick…

  20. 20Wanda

    Wanda (1970)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime

    After a string of abusive relationships, Wanda abandons her family and seeks solace in the company of a petty criminal.

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