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Movies Like The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

If you liked The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945), a crime and drama movie directed by Robert Siodmak, 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. 1House 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…

  2. 2A Kiss Before Dying

    A Kiss Before Dying (1956)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama

    A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.

  3. 3Killer's Kiss

    Killer's Kiss (1955)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and crime

    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…

  4. 4The Parts You Lose

    The Parts You Lose (2019)

    ★ 6.6/10Also 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. 5Glengarry 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.

  6. 6The Naked City

    The Naked City (1948)

    ★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama

    After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

  7. 7The 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.

  8. 8Blackmail

    Blackmail (1929)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and thriller

    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…

  9. 9While the City Sleeps

    While the City Sleeps (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and drama

    Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

  10. 10Brute Force

    Brute Force (1947)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and drama

    Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's…

  11. 11The 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.

  12. 12Nightfall

    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.

  13. 13They Made Me a Fugitive

    They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller

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

  14. 14The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and thriller

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  15. 15Sabotage

    Sabotage (1936)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and thriller

    Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten…

  16. 16The Caveman's Valentine

    The Caveman's Valentine (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller

    Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim…

  17. 17Cassandra's Dream

    Cassandra's Dream (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama

    The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

  18. 18Riot 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.

  19. 19The Lady from Shanghai

    The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

    ★ 7.3/10Also crime and thriller

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

  20. 20Stillwater

    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…

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