Movies Like 2 Aces and a Dirty Heart
If you liked 2 Aces and a Dirty Heart (2017), a crime movie directed by Alex Acosta, 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.
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Belly (1998)
★ 6.4/10Also crimeTommy 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…
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The Outsiders (1983)
★ 7.2/10Also crimeIn 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival…
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The Wild One (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeThe Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another…
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Juice (1992)
★ 7.2/10Also crimeFour 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…
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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
★ 7.5/10Also crimeRecently 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.
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Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeSet 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…
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London Calling (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also crimeAfter fleeing the UK from a job gone wrong, a down on his luck hitman is forced to babysit the son of his new crime boss and show him how to become a man.
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A Clockwork Orange (1971)
★ 8.2/10Also crimeIn a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to…
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Rumble Fish (1983)
★ 7/10Also crimeAbsent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.
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The Krays (1990)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeTwins Ronnie and Reggie Kray are raised in east London, under the influence of their hateful but doting mother Violet. As they grow up, Ronnie's violent nature takes over, and Reggie follows his brother's lead. The two…
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Death Wish 3 (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeArchitect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.
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Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeWhen an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
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Wardriver (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also crimeHe’s a Wardriver: a hacker who steals from banks, not people—until he’s noticed. Now the money turns violent, and the woman caught in it could save him or kill them both.
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Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also crimeA vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt…
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Little Caesar (1931)
★ 6.9/10Also crimeA small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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Wrong Cops (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeA group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
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Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeA bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
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Fast Charlie (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also crimeWhen his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.
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Last Man Standing (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also crimeJohn Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As…