Movies Like Road House
If you liked Road House (1948), a thriller and drama movie directed by Jean Negulesco, 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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Fallen Angel (1945)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceAn unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…
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Party Girl (1958)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and romanceSlick 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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They Live by Night (1949)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and dramaAn 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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Naked Alibi (1954)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceQuestioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is the only suspect in the…
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You Only Live Once (1937)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceBased 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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Macao (1952)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceNick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook…
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They Won't Believe Me (1947)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceOn trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
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Sleep, My Love (1948)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and dramaA woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
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Caught (1949)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceWide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic, violent tendencies. Eventually, young Leonora escapes her unhappy life…
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Detour (1945)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thrillerThe life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
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5 Against the House (1955)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thrillerFormer war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
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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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Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thrillerA police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
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The Web (1947)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thrillerA 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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The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and dramaCleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
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The Locket (1946)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thrillerA dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
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The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama and thrillerA troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
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Step Up (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and romanceDelinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.
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Walk the Line (2005)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and romanceA chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and…
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The Paradine Case (1947)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and romanceIn London, barrister Anthony Keane takes the case of Maddalena Paradine, a beautiful woman accused of poisoning her blind husband. Though happily married, Keane becomes infatuated with his enigmatic client and…