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Movies Like Double Exposures

If you liked Double Exposures (1937), a crime movie directed by John Paddy Carstairs, 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. 1Each 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.

  2. 2Cry of the City

    Cry of the City (1948)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    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…

  3. 3Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

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

  4. 4Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

  5. 5The Asphalt Jungle

    The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime

    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.

  6. 6Indemnity

    Indemnity (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    An ex-fireman with PTSD goes on the run when accused of a crime he doesn't even remember committing, leading him down a rabbit hole of conspiracy to the highest degree.

  7. 7The Quiller Memorandum

    The Quiller Memorandum (1966)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime

    After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.

  8. 8Nightfall

    Nightfall (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

    An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.

  9. 9The 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.

  10. 10The Damned Don't Cry

    The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

    ★ 7/10Also crime

    Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.

  11. 11Monsieur Verdoux

    Monsieur Verdoux (1947)

    ★ 7.7/10Also crime

    The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child…

  12. 12Little Caesar

    Little Caesar (1931)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime

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

  13. 13Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  14. 14The Blue Lamp

    The Blue Lamp (1950)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also…

  15. 15Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street (1953)

    ★ 7.4/10Also crime

    In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…

  16. 16Framed

    Framed (1947)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

    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. 17Time Without Pity

    Time Without Pity (1957)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime

    Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a…

  18. 18Cigarettes & Coffee

    Cigarettes & Coffee (1993)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    At a desert diner, the lives of five strangers become linked through a single twenty-dollar bill. Shot for $20,000 and starring Philip Baker Hall, the short premiered at Sundance and later inspired Anderson’s debut…

  19. 19Dick Tracy

    Dick Tracy (1990)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime

    The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob.

  20. 20Murder Most Foul

    Murder Most Foul (1964)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime

    A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his guilt. Once again she begins her own investigation.

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