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10 Best Movies Like Crime in the Streets

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

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#1
Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

1939★ 6.8

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

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 ord...

#2
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

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

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

#3
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crime in the Streets for fans of Crime & Drama. 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....

#4
Dead End

Dead End

1937★ 7.0

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

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....

#5
The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

1939★ 7.5

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

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. Eddi...

#6
The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crime in the Streets for fans of Crime & Thriller. 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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