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10 Best Movies Like A Stranger Came by Train

If you loved A Stranger Came by Train, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Ill Manors

Ill Manors

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Stranger Came by Train for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban...

#2
Al Capone

Al Capone

1959★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Stranger Came by Train for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago...

#3
Easy Money: Hard to Kill

Easy Money: Hard to Kill

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Stranger Came by Train for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

JW is serving hard time in prison and struggling to get back on an honest path. There are glimmers of hope in his life – some venture capitalists are interested in a new piece of t...

#4
Brake

Brake

2012★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Stranger Came by Train for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures high-speed mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract needed information for their sinist...

#5
The Protector

The Protector

1985★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Stranger Came by Train for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man'...

#6
I.D.

I.D.

1995★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Stranger Came by Train for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more uncle...

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