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Movies Like Glamour for Sale

If you liked Glamour for Sale (1940), a drama movie directed by D. Ross Lederman, 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. 1Pitfall

    Pitfall (1948)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    An 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.

  2. 2King Creole

    King Creole (1958)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Delinquent Danny Fisher flunks out of high school, quits his job as a nightclub busboy, and one night gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at…

  3. 3The Big Knife

    The Big Knife (1955)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio's films and wants to start a new life. While…

  4. 4Private Hell 36

    Private Hell 36 (1954)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    In New York City, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Police detectives Cal Bruner and Jack Farnham investigate and are led…

  5. 5Blackmail

    Blackmail (1929)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and…

  6. 6Each Dawn I Die

    Each Dawn I Die (1939)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    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.

  7. 7Little Caesar

    Little Caesar (1931)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?

  8. 8Pushover

    Pushover (1954)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

  9. 9I Walk Alone

    I Walk Alone (1947)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released…

  10. 10House of Bamboo

    House of Bamboo (1955)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.

  11. 11The Rise

    The Rise (2012)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Harvey Miller has revenge on his mind. He recruits his three best friends to help him rob the local drug kingpin whose betrayal put him away in the first…

  12. 125 Against the House

    5 Against the House (1955)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

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

  13. 13Victim

    Victim (1961)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    In early 1960s London, barrister Melville Farr is on the path to success. With his practice winning cases and a loving marriage to his wife, Laura, Farr's professional and personal life are nearly idyllic. However…

  14. 14Dark City

    Dark City (1950)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    War hero Danny Haley fleeces out-of-town dupes in a rigged poker game. He and his pals see Arthur Winant as an easy mark, but they've reckoned without Winant's homicidal brother, who wants revenge after Arthur commits…

  15. 15Johnny O'Clock

    Johnny O'Clock (1947)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature…

  16. 16Framed

    Framed (1947)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Truck 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…

  17. 17A Woman's Face

    A Woman's Face (1941)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

  18. 18Force of Evil

    Force of Evil (1950)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    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…

  19. 19Glengarry Glen Ross

    Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Unscrupulous salesmen try to hawk dubious real estate to suckers.

  20. 20'G' Men

    'G' Men (1935)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to…

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