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10 Best Movies Like Don't Turn 'em Loose

If you loved Don't Turn 'em Loose, 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 Don't Turn 'em Loose 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
Cry of the City

Cry of the City

1948★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Turn 'em Loose for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another cri...

#3
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Turn 'em Loose for fans of Crime. 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....

#4
You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once

1937★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Turn 'em Loose for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is for...

#5
The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Turn 'em Loose 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....

#6
Nightfall

Nightfall

1956★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Turn 'em Loose 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....

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