Movies Like The Return of Boston Blackie
If you liked The Return of Boston Blackie (1927), a crime and drama movie directed by Harry O. Hoyt, 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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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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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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Benji (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crimeTwo school kids strike up a friendship with an orphaned puppy named Benji. When danger befalls them and they end up kidnapped by robbers who are in over their heads, Benji and his scruffy sidekick come to the rescue.
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Flicka (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaKaty McLaughlin desires to work on her family's mountainside horse ranch, although her father insists she finish boarding school. Katy finds a mustang in the hills near her ranch. The headstrong 16 year old then sets…
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Cry of the City (1948)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and dramaPetty 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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Pickup on South Street (1953)
★ 7.4/10Also crimeIn New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…
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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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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 Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and dramaAfter a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
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Nightfall (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also crimeAn innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
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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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Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaThe story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
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Dog Gone (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaWhen his beloved dog goes missing, a young man embarks on an incredible search with his parents to find him and give him life-saving medication.
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Mio in the Land of Faraway (1987)
★ 6/10Also dramaUnder the watch of his unkind realtives, lonely Bosse's luck is changed when he is sent to the land where his real father is the King. In that country, he sets out on a quest, together with his new friend, to destroy…
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also crimeNancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…
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A Dog's Journey (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaA dog finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he meets.
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Eleanor the Great (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also drama94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
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Lassie (2005)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaA family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.
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The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and crimeAfter two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
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A Dog's Purpose (2017)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaA dog goes on quest to discover his purpose in life over the course of several lifetimes with multiple owners.