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Movies Like Among the Living

If you liked Among the Living (1941), a thriller and crime movie directed by Stuart Heisler, 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. 1The Dark Mirror

    The Dark Mirror (1946)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller

    A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.

  2. 2The Glass Key

    The Glass Key (1942)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and thriller

    A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

  3. 3Nightfall

    Nightfall (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and thriller

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

  4. 4Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and thriller

    When 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.

  5. 5He Ran All the Way

    He Ran All the Way (1951)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller and crime

    A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.

  6. 6They Made Me a Fugitive

    They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and crime

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

  7. 7Black Widow

    Black Widow (1987)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple…

  8. 8You 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…

  9. 9They 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.

  10. 10Conflict

    Conflict (1945)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

  11. 11Each Dawn I Die

    Each Dawn I Die (1939)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and thriller

    A 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.

  12. 12Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street (1953)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller and crime

    In 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…

  13. 13The Web

    The Web (1947)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and thriller

    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.

  14. 14The Locket

    The Locket (1946)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and thriller

    A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

  15. 15Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

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

  16. 16The Blue Gardenia

    The Blue Gardenia (1953)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

    Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…

  17. 17No Name on the Bullet

    No Name on the Bullet (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

  18. 18Caught

    Caught (1949)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    Wide-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…

  19. 19The 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.

  20. 20The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp (1950)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and thriller

    P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also…

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