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10 Best Movies Like Ruby

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

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#1
King Creole

King Creole

1958★ 6.4

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

Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the loc...

#2
The Wrong Man

The Wrong Man

1956★ 7.1

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

In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber....

#3
F.I.S.T.

F.I.S.T.

1978★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ruby for fans of Drama & Action & Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthle...

#4
Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959★ 6.8

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

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare....

#5
The Big Combo

The Big Combo

1955★ 7.0

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

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend....

#6
I Walk Alone

I Walk Alone

1947★ 6.6

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

Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 1...

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