Movies Like Crime Wave
If you liked Crime Wave (1953), a crime and thriller movie directed by André de Toth, 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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Straight Time (1978)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeAfter being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. He soon finds himself back in jail at the hands of a power-hungry parole officer.
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The Killer Is Loose (1956)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thrillerA savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole…
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Cry of the City (1948)
★ 6.7/10Also crimePetty 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…
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The Parole Officer (2001)
★ 5.8/10Also crimeA hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will…
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Criss Cross (1949)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and thrillerAn armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.
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The Seven-Ups (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crimeA tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
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Brute Force (1947)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and thrillerTimeworn 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…
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Kiss of Death (1947)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and thrillerAn ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
★ 7.5/10Also crimeRecently 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.
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The Enforcer (1951)
★ 7.1/10Also thrillerAfter 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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The Mechanic (1972)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thrillerArthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and…
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Pushover (1954)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and thrillerA police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.
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Insomnia (2002)
★ 7/10Also thriller and crimeTwo Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
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Marlowe (1969)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeMysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly of the city, turning up leads who are…
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The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeUpon 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…
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Now You See Me 2 (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and thrillerOne year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off…
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The Racket (1951)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and thrillerThe big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
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Poker Night (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and crimeWhen a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.
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Overdrive (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerMaster car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
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Family Plot (1976)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and thrillerSpiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.