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10 Best Movies Like They Live by Night

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

#1
Night and the City

Night and the City

1950★ 7.5

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

Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet a...

#2
I Walked with a Zombie

I Walked with a Zombie

1943★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to They Live by Night for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with....

#3
La Terra Trema

La Terra Trema

1949★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to They Live by Night for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently....

#4
Jeff, Who Lives at Home

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

2012★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to They Live by Night for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly a...

#5
The Naked Kiss

The Naked Kiss

1964★ 7.0

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

A former prostitute works to create a new life for herself in a small town, but a shocking discovery could threaten everything....

#6
Gigi

Gigi

1958★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to They Live by Night for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cul...