Movies Like The Girl from Chicago
If you liked The Girl from Chicago (1932), a crime and drama movie directed by Oscar Micheaux, 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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King Creole (1958)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and musicDelinquent 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…
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Sharky's Machine (1981)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaPolice officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new 'machine' gathers evidence while Sharky falls in love with a woman he…
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Hoodlum (1997)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and dramaIn 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…
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Vice Squad (1982)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaAn unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
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The Outfit (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and dramaLeonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes…
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crimeA tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
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Belly (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and dramaTommy 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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London Boulevard (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and crimeA parolee falls for a reclusive movie star while trying to evade a ruthless gangster.
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Capone (1975)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and dramaYoung Al Capone catches the eye of Johnny Torrio, a criminal visiting New York from Chicago. Torrio invites Capone to move to Illinois to help run his Prohibition-era alcohol sales operation. Capone rises through the…
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Gang Related (1997)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and dramaAfter murdering an undercover DEA agent, two corrupt cops scramble to cover up what they've done.
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Dead Man Down (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaIn New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
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Panic (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaAlex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful…
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Al Capone (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and dramaIn 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…
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The Cat's Meow (2002)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and crimeSemi-true story of the Hollywood murder that occurred at a star-studded gathering aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht in 1924.
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The Bikeriders (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and dramaAfter a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his…
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Plunder Road (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaA spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
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Dillinger (1973)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and dramaAfter a shoot-out kills five FBI agents in Kansas City the Bureau target John Dillinger as one of the men to hunt down. Waiting for him to break Federal law they sort out several other mobsters, while Dillinger's bank…
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Sexy Beast (2001)
★ 7/10Also crime and dramaEx-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading…
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The Valachi Papers (1972)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and dramaWhen Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred…
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No Mercy (1986)
★ 5.8/10Also crime and dramaAn unconventional undercover Chicago cop and his partner are recruited to commit the murder of a New Orleans criminal kingpin.