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Movies Like Gang War

If you liked Gang War (1958), a crime and drama movie directed by Gene Fowler Jr., 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. 1Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama

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

  2. 2Each Dawn I Die

    Each Dawn I Die (1939)

    ★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama

    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.

  3. 3Little Caesar

    Little Caesar (1931)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime

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

  4. 4The 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.

  5. 5Dead End

    Dead End (1937)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.

  6. 6The 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.

  7. 7Pushover

    Pushover (1954)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    A police detective falls for the bank robber's girlfriend he is supposed to be tailing.

  8. 8Time Without Pity

    Time Without Pity (1957)

    ★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama

    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…

  9. 9The Brotherhood of Justice

    The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and crime

    High-school students start a vigilante group in their neighbourhood but, as their power increases, they become more abusive and dangerous.

  10. 105 Against the House

    5 Against the House (1955)

    ★ 5.9/10Also crime and drama

    Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

  11. 11House of Bamboo

    House of Bamboo (1955)

    ★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama

    Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.

  12. 12Oscar Shaw

    Oscar Shaw (2026)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime

    After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the…

  13. 13Where the Day Takes You

    Where the Day Takes You (1992)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and crime

    King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts as a mentor to troubled kids such as gay hustler Little J and junkie…

  14. 14Pitfall

    Pitfall (1948)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime

    An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.

  15. 15He Walked by Night

    He Walked by Night (1949)

    ★ 6.7/10Also crime

    Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops.

  16. 16The Damned Don't Cry

    The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

    ★ 7/10Also crime and drama

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

  17. 17The Roaring Twenties

    The Roaring Twenties (1939)

    ★ 7.5/10Also crime and drama

    After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through…

  18. 18Murder in Three Acts

    Murder in Three Acts (1986)

    ★ 6/10Also crime and drama

    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.

  19. 19'G' Men

    'G' Men (1935)

    ★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama

    James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to…

  20. 20The Wrong Man

    The Wrong Man (1956)

    ★ 7.1/10Also crime and drama

    In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

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