Movies Like Johnny Stool Pigeon

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

Shakedown

1950·1h 20m·★ 7.1·Joseph Pevney

Themes: mobster, san francisco, california, gangsterCrime & Drama & ThrillerStarring Howard Duff

The Departed

2006·2h 31m·★ 8.5·Martin Scorsese

Themes: undercover cop, mobster, gangsterDrama & Thriller & Crime

His Kind of Woman

1951·2h·★ 7.0·John Farrow

Themes: mexico, gangsterFans also likedCrime & Thriller

Sicario

2015·2h 2m·★ 7.7·Denis Villeneuve

Themes: border, mexicoCrime & Thriller

The Outfit

2022·1h 45m·★ 7.2·Graham Moore

Themes: mobster, gangsterCrime & Drama & Thriller

My Blue Heaven

1990·1h 37m·★ 6.3·Herbert Ross

Themes: california, gangsterFans also liked

A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller & Crime

GoodFellas

1990·2h 25m·★ 8.7·Martin Scorsese

Themes: prison, gangsterDrama & Crime

Anatomy of a Murder

1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Untouchables

1987·1h 59m·★ 7.8·Brian De Palma

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Mean Streets

1973·1h 52m·★ 7.2·Martin Scorsese

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

I'm a Killer

2016·1h 57m·★ 6.9·Maciej Pieprzyca

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Avenger of the Seven Seas

1962·1h 30m·★ 5.6·Domenico Paolella

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire

2005·1h 26m·★ 5.4·Aaron Norris

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

The Interpreter

2005·2h 8m·★ 6.4·Sydney Pollack

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Good German

2006·1h 48m·★ 6.0·Steven Soderbergh

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

The Boy

2015·1h 45m·★ 5.5·Craig William Macneill

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Women's Prison

1955·1h 19m·★ 6.5·Lewis Seiler

Both star Howard Duff & Barry KelleyDrama & Crime

Redeeming Love

2022·2h 14m·★ 6.8·D.J. Caruso

Themes: california, san francisco, california

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