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Movies Like Twisted Rails

If you liked Twisted Rails (1934), a crime movie directed by Albert Herman, 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. 1Strangers on a Train

    Strangers on a Train (1951)

    ★ 7.7/10Also crime

    A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

  2. 2Union Station

    Union Station (1950)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

    Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a…

  3. 3Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.

  4. 4Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

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

  5. 5Murder at the Gallop

    Murder at the Gallop (1963)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again…

  6. 6Murder Most Foul

    Murder Most Foul (1964)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his guilt. Once again she begins her own investigation.

  7. 7After the Sunset

    After the Sunset (2004)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    An FBI agent is suspicious of two master thieves, quietly enjoying their retirement near what may - or may not - be the biggest score of their careers.

  8. 8'G' Men

    'G' Men (1935)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to…

  9. 9The Maltese Falcon

    The Maltese Falcon (1941)

    ★ 7.7/10Also crime

    A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

  10. 10The First Great Train Robbery

    The First Great Train Robbery (1978)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.

  11. 11Ocean's Eleven

    Ocean's Eleven (1960)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime

    Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.

  12. 12Fallen Angel

    Fallen Angel (1945)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…

  13. 13Kansas City Confidential

    Kansas City Confidential (1952)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.

  14. 14The Blue Gardenia

    The Blue Gardenia (1953)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

    Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…

  15. 15The Sting

    The Sting (1973)

    ★ 8/10Also crime

    A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.

  16. 16My Blue Heaven

    My Blue Heaven (1990)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli…

  17. 17Murder She Said

    Murder She Said (1961)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime

    Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.

  18. 18A Shot in the Dark

    A Shot in the Dark (1964)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime

    Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles…

  19. 19The Asphalt Jungle

    The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime

    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.

  20. 20The Wrong Man

    The Wrong Man (1956)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

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

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