Movies Like Paying the Price
If you liked Paying the Price (1927), a crime movie directed by David Selman, 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.
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The Glass Key (1942)
★ 6.7/10Also crimeA crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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5 Against the House (1955)
★ 5.9/10Also crimeFormer war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
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Murder Most Foul (1964)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeA 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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Plunder Road (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also crimeA spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
★ 7.5/10Also crimeRecently 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.
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Ocean's Eleven (1960)
★ 6.4/10Also crimeDanny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
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Nightfall (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also crimeAn innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
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The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeUpon 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…
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Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
★ 7.5/10Also crimeChildhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
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Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also crimeDanny Ocean's team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff, causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team…
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Murder at the Gallop (1963)
★ 7.1/10Also crimeMiss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again…
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Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
★ 7/10Also crimeWhile 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…
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A Shot in the Dark (1964)
★ 7.2/10Also crimeInspector 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…
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Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeWhen 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.
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Murder in Three Acts (1986)
★ 6/10Also crimeIn 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.
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The Dark Corner (1946)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeEx-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in…
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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeJane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
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Each Dawn I Die (1939)
★ 6.9/10Also crimeA 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.
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Little Caesar (1931)
★ 6.9/10Also crimeA small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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Song of the Thin Man (1947)
★ 6.7/10Also crimeWhile 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…