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Movies Like Scarlet Street

If you liked Scarlet Street (1945), a drama and crime movie directed by Fritz Lang, 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. 1Killer's Kiss

    Killer's Kiss (1955)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The…

  2. 2Cry of the City

    Cry of the City (1948)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and drama

    Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check…

  3. 3This Gun for Hire

    This Gun for Hire (1942)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new…

  4. 4Man on a Ledge

    Man on a Ledge (2012)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime

    An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt…

  5. 5The Cat's Meow

    The Cat's Meow (2002)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and crime

    Semi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.

  6. 6Catch 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…

  7. 7Glengarry Glen Ross

    Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Unscrupulous salesmen try to hawk dubious real estate to suckers.

  8. 8Winged 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…

  9. 9Premium Rush

    Premium Rush (2012)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime

    In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.

  10. 10While the City Sleeps

    While the City Sleeps (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

  11. 11Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

    Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and crime

    As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to…

  12. 12Double Indemnity

    Double Indemnity (1944)

    ★ 8.1/10Also crime

    An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

  13. 13Michael Clayton

    Michael Clayton (2007)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime

    A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.

  14. 14Deadline - U.S.A.

    Deadline - U.S.A. (1952)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama

    New York City newspaper The Day is in trouble. Even though editor Ed Hutcheson has worked hard running the paper, its circulation has been steadily declining. Now the publisher's widow wants to sell the paper, which…

  15. 15The Asphalt Jungle

    The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime and drama

    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. 16Nightfall

    Nightfall (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

  17. 17Cassandra'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.

  18. 18Brute Force

    Brute Force (1947)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's…

  19. 19Dancer in the Dark

    Dancer in the Dark (2000)

    ★ 7.8/10Also drama and crime

    Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her young son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation…

  20. 20The Enforcer

    The Enforcer (1951)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.

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