Movies Like Girls on Probation
If you liked Girls on Probation (1938), a crime and drama movie directed by William C. McGann, 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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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and dramaRecently 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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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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They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and crimeAfter being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
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Each Dawn I Die (1939)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and dramaA 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.
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Kiss of Death (1947)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeAn ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
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5 Against the House (1955)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and dramaFormer war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
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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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He Ran All the Way (1951)
★ 7.2/10Also crimeA crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.
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The Killer Is Loose (1956)
★ 6.7/10Also crimeA 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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The Web (1947)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and dramaA brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
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Johnny O'Clock (1947)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and dramaWhen 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…
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The Wrong Man (1956)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and dramaIn 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
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Little Caesar (1931)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crimeA small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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House of Bamboo (1955)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaEddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
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The Big House (1930)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and dramaConvicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.
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Extortion (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and dramaA doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
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The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also crimeA crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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Framed (1947)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and dramaTruck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame…
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Ladies They Talk About (1933)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaA moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
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The Assault (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and dramaAfter a cheerleader is sexually assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequent social media firestorm to piece together the night that she…