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Movies Like Smart Money

If you liked Smart Money (1931), a crime and drama movie directed by Alfred E. Green, 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. 1Johnny Eager

    Johnny Eager (1941)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

  2. 2The Man with the Golden Arm

    The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and crime

    When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his…

  3. 3Ocean's Thirteen

    Ocean's Thirteen (2007)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    Danny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team…

  4. 4Angels with Dirty Faces

    Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime and drama

    Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.

  5. 55 Against the House

    5 Against the House (1955)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama

    Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

  6. 6The Set-Up

    The Set-Up (1949)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and crime

    Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

  7. 7Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama

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

  8. 8Johnny O'Clock

    Johnny O'Clock (1947)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature…

  9. 9Force of Evil

    Force of Evil (1950)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and drama

    Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring…

  10. 10The Damned Don't Cry

    The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

    ★ 7/10Also crime and drama

    Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

  11. 11The 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.

  12. 12The Public Enemy

    The Public Enemy (1931)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo…

  13. 13The 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.

  14. 14Greed

    Greed (1924)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and crime

    When housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia and partly by the machinations of villainous acquaintance Marcus.

  15. 15Little 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?

  16. 16Each Dawn I Die

    Each Dawn I Die (1939)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama

    A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

  17. 17711 Ocean Drive

    711 Ocean Drive (1950)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime

    A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his…

  18. 18The Cincinnati Kid

    The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

  19. 19Pushover

    Pushover (1954)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama

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

  20. 20This 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…

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