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Movies Like Jigarthanda

If you liked Jigarthanda (2016), a drama and crime movie, 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 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…

  2. 2No One Would Tell

    No One Would Tell (1996)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and crime

    Shy sixteen-year-old Stacy Collins can't believe that the most popular guy in school, an attractive athlete named Bobby Tennison, is interested in her. At first she is flattered by his constant attention, but then he…

  3. 3The 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.

  4. 4The 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.

  5. 5The Big Combo

    The Big Combo (1955)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and crime

    Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.

  6. 6The 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…

  7. 7Riot 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.

  8. 8Killer's Kiss

    Killer's Kiss (1955)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The…

  9. 9TalhotBlond

    TalhotBlond (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.

  10. 10The House on Carroll Street

    The House on Carroll Street (1988)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    A reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house…

  11. 11Glengarry Glen Ross

    Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

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

  12. 12The Seven-Ups

    The Seven-Ups (1973)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime

    A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

  13. 13House of Strangers

    House of Strangers (1949)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and crime

    Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business…

  14. 14Let Him Have It

    Let Him Have It (1991)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement…

  15. 15Fast Girls

    Fast Girls (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

  16. 16Thick as Thieves

    Thick as Thieves (2009)

    ★ 6/10Also crime

    A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.

  17. 17King Creole

    King Creole (1958)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and crime

    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…

  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. 19Normal

    Normal (2003)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.

  20. 20The Mask of Dimitrios

    The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order…

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