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10 Best Movies Like The Long Arm

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

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#1
The Verdict

The Verdict

1946★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Arm for fans of Mystery & Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness....

#2
The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Arm for fans of Mystery & 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....

#3
Black Angel

Black Angel

1946★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Arm for fans of Mystery & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin...

#4
Lady in the Lake

Lady in the Lake

1946★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Arm for fans of Mystery & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about ...

#5
The Naked City

The Naked City

1948★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Arm for fans of Mystery & Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder....

#6
M

M

1951★ 6.4

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

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods de...

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