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10 Best Movies Like Chicago Deadline

If you loved Chicago Deadline, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
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M

1951★ 6.4

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

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods de...

#2
Nightfall

Nightfall

1956★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chicago Deadline for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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

#3
The Web

The Web

1947★ 7.1

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

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his hea...

#4
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950★ 7.0

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

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

#5
Witness to Murder

Witness to Murder

1954★ 6.3

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

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window....

#6
The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Chicago Deadline for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A 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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