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Movies Like Owning Mahowny

If you liked Owning Mahowny (2003), a crime and drama movie directed by Richard Kwietniowski, 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. 1Croupier

    Croupier (1998)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and thriller

    Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked…

  2. 2The Night of the Hunter

    The Night of the Hunter (1955)

    ★ 7.8/10Also crime and drama

    In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

  3. 3Ocean's Eleven

    Ocean's Eleven (2001)

    ★ 7.5/10Also thriller and crime

    Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las…

  4. 4Nightmare Alley

    Nightmare Alley (1947)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and thriller

    A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.

  5. 5Little Caesar

    Little Caesar (1931)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime

    A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

  6. 6Dinner Rush

    Dinner Rush (2000)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and thriller

    One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile…

  7. 7The Newton Boys

    The Newton Boys (1998)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama

    The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence.

  8. 821

    21 (2008)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and crime

    Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000…

  9. 9Winged Creatures

    Winged Creatures (2009)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama

    A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an…

  10. 10Appointment with Death

    Appointment with Death (1988)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and crime

    Emily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She takes herself, the…

  11. 11The Wrong Man

    The Wrong Man (1956)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

  12. 12House of Strangers

    House of Strangers (1949)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and crime

    Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business…

  13. 13Cassandra's Dream

    Cassandra's Dream (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    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.

  14. 14Evil Under the Sun

    Evil Under the Sun (1982)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and crime

    An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.

  15. 15The Good Thief

    The Good Thief (2003)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama

    An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

  16. 16Robbery

    Robbery (1967)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and thriller

    In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.

  17. 17Pushover

    Pushover (1954)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and thriller

    A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

  18. 18Now You See Me

    Now You See Me (2013)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller and crime

    An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

  19. 19White Heat

    White Heat (1949)

    ★ 7.7/10Also crime and drama

    A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

  20. 20Catch Me If You Can

    Catch Me If You Can (2002)

    ★ 8/10Also drama and crime

    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…

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