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10 Best Movies Like Deadline at Dawn

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

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#1
The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

1953★ 6.5

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

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspe...

#2
Risqué

Risqué

2025★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Deadline at Dawn for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Fired from a strip club, a vengeful dancer masterminds a high-stakes heist with fellow strippers to take down the corrupt boss and the men who underestimate them....

#3
City of Ghosts

City of Ghosts

2002★ 5.8

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

A con man who is on the run from law enforcement in the U.S. travels to Cambodia to collect his share in an insurance scam but discovers more than he bargained for....

#4
Red Right Hand

Red Right Hand

2024★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Deadline at Dawn for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Cash 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 -- eve...

#5
The Corrupted

The Corrupted

2019★ 6.1

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

Set ahead of the 2012 London Olympics, the film follows Liam, an ex-con trying to win back the love and trust of his family. He has lost everything at the hands of a local crime sy...

#6
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.7

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

Set 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 F...

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