Movies Like The Last Gangster
If you liked The Last Gangster (1937), a crime and drama movie directed by Edward Ludwig, 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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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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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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Time Without Pity (1957)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and thrillerAlec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a…
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They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerAfter being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
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The Roaring Twenties (1939)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and dramaAfter World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through…
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The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also crime and thrillerA 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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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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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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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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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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20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and dramaBrash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
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Oscar Shaw (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and thrillerAfter retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the…
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He Ran All the Way (1951)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and crimeA crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.
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The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and dramaAfter 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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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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The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and crimeWhen 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…
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Indemnity (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and crimeAn ex-fireman with PTSD goes on the run when accused of a crime he doesn't even remember committing, leading him down a rabbit hole of conspiracy to the highest degree.
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Witness to Murder (1954)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and dramaA woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
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Odd Man Out (1947)
★ 7.3/10Also crime and dramaBelfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
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Dead End (1937)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and dramaThe lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.