Movies Like 99 River Street
If you liked 99 River Street (1953), a crime movie directed by Phil Karlson, 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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The Set-Up (1949)
★ 7.4/10Also crimeExpecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
★ 7.2/10Also crimeA police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
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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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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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Fallen Angel (1945)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeAn 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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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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Hell Drivers (1957)
★ 6.7/10Also crimeAn ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company owner who encourages competion amongst his drivers.
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Desperate (1947)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeAn innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.
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Dick Tracy (1990)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeThe comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.
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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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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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Macao (1952)
★ 6.3/10Also crimeNick 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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Framed (1947)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeTruck 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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Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeAfter Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent people, Dick and Jane actually get pretty…
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Kid Galahad (1962)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeAfter completing military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.
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Pitfall (1948)
★ 6.8/10Also crimeAn insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
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The Locket (1946)
★ 6.3/10Also crimeA dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
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Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeWhen a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
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The Street with No Name (1948)
★ 6.4/10Also crimeAfter two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the…