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Movies Like Men of the Night

If you liked Men of the Night (1934), a crime movie directed by Lambert Hillyer, 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. 1Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

    Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

    ★ 6.4/10Also crime

    Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…

  2. 2The 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…

  3. 3The Wild One

    The Wild One (1953)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

    The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another…

  4. 4A Shot in the Dark

    A Shot in the Dark (1964)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime

    Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles…

  5. 5Murder She Said

    Murder She Said (1961)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime

    Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.

  6. 6Fallen Angel

    Fallen Angel (1945)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    An 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…

  7. 7The Glass Key

    The Glass Key (1942)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

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

  8. 8Shadow of the Thin Man

    Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of…

  9. 9The Big Combo

    The Big Combo (1955)

    ★ 7/10Also 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.

  10. 10Song of the Thin Man

    Song of the Thin Man (1947)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    While attending a glamorous jazz cruise on New York’s East River, Nick and Nora Charles witness the fatal shooting of a wealthy patron. When suspicion falls on a young bandleader and his musicians, the couple steps in…

  11. 11Each Dawn I Die

    Each Dawn I Die (1939)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    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. 12Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors

    Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1992)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    At the insistence of Ruth Van Rydock, an old schoolfriend who is convinced that there is something wrong, Miss Marple agrees to visit 'Stonygates', the country house of Ruth's sister.

  13. 13Strangers on a Train

    Strangers on a Train (1951)

    ★ 7.7/10Also crime

    A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.

  14. 14The Man Who Cheated Himself

    The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

  15. 15They 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.

  16. 16Murder in Three Acts

    Murder in Three Acts (1986)

    ★ 6/10Also crime

    In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

  17. 17The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also crime

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  18. 18Born to Kill

    Born to Kill (1947)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.

  19. 19Perfect Sisters

    Perfect Sisters (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also crime

    Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.

  20. 20Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

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

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