Movies Like The Bad Life
If you liked The Bad Life (1973), a crime movie directed by Hugo Fregonese, 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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Last Man Standing (1996)
★ 6.4/10Also crimeJohn Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As…
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Facing El Chapo (2026)
★ 8.8/10Also crimeTwo Mexican officers must survive the final hours of their shift after crossing a ruthless cartel boss.
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Live by Night (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also crimeA group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
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Miller's Crossing (1990)
★ 7.4/10Also crimeSet in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
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Killing Them Softly (2012)
★ 6/10Also crimeJackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.
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The Informer (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also crimeIn New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the…
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Ava (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also crimeA black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
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Blood Ties (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also crimeTwo brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
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A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also crimePrivate investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
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Johnny Dangerously (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also crimeAn honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
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10th & Wolf (2006)
★ 5.9/10Also crimeA former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.
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Belly (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also crimeTommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking…
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Red Right Hand (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeCash is trying to live a quiet, honest life in a small Appalachian town. When a vicious crime boss forces him back into her services, he soon learns he's capable of anything -- even killing -- to protect his family and…
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Mobsters (1991)
★ 6.3/10Also crimeThe story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
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L.A. Confidential (1997)
★ 7.8/10Also crimeThree detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
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Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also crimeSet in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase…
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Panic (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeAlex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful…
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All the Devils Are Here (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also crimeAfter a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.
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Maternal Instinct (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also crimePolice pull over a woman who claims she just gave birth. But the baby — and the blood — aren't hers. Twisted lies unravel in this true-crime documentary.
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