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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.

  1. 1They Live by Night

    They Live by Night (1949)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime

    An 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.

  2. 2The Killer Is Loose

    The Killer Is Loose (1956)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    A 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…

  3. 3You Only Live Once

    You Only Live Once (1937)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    Based 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…

  4. 4The Asphalt Jungle

    The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime

    Recently 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.

  5. 5They Made Me a Fugitive

    They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

  6. 6Nightfall

    Nightfall (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

  7. 7Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

  8. 8Kiss of Death

    Kiss of Death (1947)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

  9. 9The Big Combo

    The Big Combo (1955)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

  10. 105 Against the House

    5 Against the House (1955)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

  11. 11After the Fox

    After the Fox (1966)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.

  12. 12The Web

    The Web (1947)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    A 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.

  13. 13Crime Wave

    Crime Wave (1953)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    Reformed 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.

  14. 14The Old Man & the Gun

    The Old Man & the Gun (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime

    The 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…

  15. 15The Damned Don't Cry

    The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

  16. 16Point Blank

    Point Blank (1967)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    After 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.

  17. 17Party Girl

    Party Girl (1958)

    ★ 6.8/10Also crime

    Slick 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…

  18. 18Two-Way Stretch

    Two-Way Stretch (1960)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    Three 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…

  19. 19Hollow Triumph

    Hollow Triumph (1948)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.

  20. 20Force of Evil

    Force of Evil (1950)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    Lawyer 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…

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