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10 Best Movies Like Kansas City Confidential

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

#1
Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

1945★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kansas City Confidential for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-b...

#2
Out of the Past

Out of the Past

1947★ 7.6

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

The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and forces him to return to the dark world he had tried to escape....

#3
Pickup on South Street

Pickup on South Street

1953★ 7.4

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

In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been ...

#4
The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours

1955★ 7.0

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

Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage....

#5
The Boston Strangler

The Boston Strangler

1968★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kansas City Confidential for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introduci...

#6
The New Monsters

The New Monsters

1977★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kansas City Confidential for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A comedy film composed of 14 episodes. It is a sequel to I mostri, made in 1963. 1. The Finch of Val Padouan (Ettore Scola) - 2. Tantum ergo (Dino Risi) - 3. Hitchhiking (Mario Mo...