Movies Like Under the Gun
If you liked Under the Gun (1951), a crime movie directed by Ted Tetzlaff, 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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They Live by Night (1949)
★ 6.8/10Also crimeAn escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
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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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You Only Live Once (1937)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeBased partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham…
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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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They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeAfter being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
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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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Plunder Road (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also crimeA spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
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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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The Big Combo (1955)
★ 7/10Also crimePolice Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
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5 Against the House (1955)
★ 5.9/10Also crimeFormer war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
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After the Fox (1966)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeA criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.
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The Web (1947)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeA 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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Crime Wave (1953)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeReformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.
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The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also crimeThe true story of Forrest Tucker, from his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. Wrapped up in the pursuit are a…
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The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
★ 7/10Also crimeFed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
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Point Blank (1967)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeAfter being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
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Party Girl (1958)
★ 6.8/10Also crimeSlick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to…
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Two-Way Stretch (1960)
★ 6.7/10Also crimeThree criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must…
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Hollow Triumph (1948)
★ 6.6/10Also crimePursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
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Force of Evil (1950)
★ 6.7/10Also crimeLawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring…