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Movies Like The Breaking Point

If you liked The Breaking Point (1950), a crime and drama movie directed by Michael Curtiz, 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. 1Cry Macho

    Cry Macho (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico.

  2. 2The Asphalt Jungle

    The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime and drama

    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.

  3. 3The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

    The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

    ★ 8/10Also drama

    Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.

  4. 4Cry of the City

    Cry of the City (1948)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime and drama

    Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check…

  5. 5True Grit

    True Grit (1969)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of…

  6. 6Stillwater

    Stillwater (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and crime

    Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers…

  7. 7The Outsiders

    The Outsiders (1983)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama

    In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival…

  8. 8The Night of the Hunter

    The Night of the Hunter (1955)

    ★ 7.9/10Also crime and drama

    In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

  9. 9The Wrong Man

    The Wrong Man (1956)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

  10. 10The Lady from Shanghai

    The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

  11. 11The Parts You Lose

    The Parts You Lose (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and crime

    An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.

  12. 12Frontera

    Frontera (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    After crossing the border illegally for work, Miguel, a hard-working father and devoted husband, finds himself wrongfully accused of murdering a former sheriff’s wife. After learning of his imprisonment, Miguel’s…

  13. 13He Ran All the Way

    He Ran All the Way (1951)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime

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

  14. 14The Organization

    The Organization (1971)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and crime

    After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for…

  15. 15Riot in Cell Block 11

    Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

  16. 16Jamaica Inn

    Jamaica Inn (1939)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom…

  17. 17Point Blank

    Point Blank (1967)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    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.

  18. 18Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

    Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and crime

    The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders was paid.

  19. 19Hud

    Hud (1963)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Hud Bannon is a ruthless young man who tarnishes everything and everyone he touches. Hud represents the perfect embodiment of alienated youth, out for kicks with no regard for the consequences. There is bitter conflict…

  20. 20Bad Day at Black Rock

    Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and crime

    One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.

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