Movies Like Crime in the Streets

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Sleepers

1996·2h 27m·★ 7.5·Barry Levinson

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama & Thriller

Miller's Crossing

1990·1h 55m·★ 7.7·Joel Coen

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller & Crime

New Jack City

1991·1h 41m·★ 6.7·Mario Van Peebles

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime & Drama

Freeway

1996·1h 42m·★ 6.8·Matthew Bright

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller & Drama

Dirty

2005·1h 37m·★ 5.5·Chris Fisher

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama & Thriller

Once Upon a Time in America

1984·3h 49m·★ 8.3·Sergio Leone

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

City of God

2002·2h 9m·★ 8.6·Fernando Meirelles

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

The Young and the Damned

1950·1h 22m·★ 8.2·Luis Buñuel

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Gomorrah

2008·2h 17m·★ 7.0·Matteo Garrone

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Tough Enough

2006·1h 38m·★ 7.0·Detlev Buck

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

L.I.E.

2001·1h 37m·★ 7.1·Michael Cuesta

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Short Sharp Shock

1998·1h 40m·★ 7.1·Fatih Akin

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Roaring Twenties

1939·1h 44m·★ 7.9·Raoul Walsh

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House of Strangers

1949·1h 41m·★ 7.3·Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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The Penalty

1920·1h 30m·★ 7.3·Wallace Worsley

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Each Dawn I Die

1939·1h 32m·★ 7.2·William Keighley

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They Made Me a Fugitive

1947·1h 39m·★ 7.2·Alberto Cavalcanti

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Time Without Pity

1957·1h 28m·★ 6.8·Joseph Losey

Fans also likedCrime & Thriller & Drama

Where the Day Takes You

1992·1h 44m·★ 6.5·Marc Rocco

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller & Crime

5 Against the House

1955·1h 24m·★ 5.9·Phil Karlson

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How Good Is Crime in the Streets?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.