Movies Like Love Is a Racket

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

The Purchase Price

1932·1h 8m·★ 6.4·William A. Wellman

2 shared crewDir. William A. WellmanDP: Sidney Hickox

So Big!

1932·1h 21m·★ 6.8·William A. Wellman

2 shared crewDir. William A. WellmanDP: Sidney Hickox

Safe in Hell

1931·1h 11m·★ 6.9·William A. Wellman

2 shared crewDir. William A. WellmanDP: Sidney Hickox

Frisco Jenny

1933·1h 11m·★ 6.8·William A. Wellman

2 shared crewDir. William A. WellmanDP: Sidney Hickox

Central Airport

1933·1h 12m·★ 6.2·William A. Wellman

2 shared crewDir. William A. WellmanDP: Sidney Hickox

Little Caesar

1931·1h 19m·★ 7.1·Mervyn LeRoy

Fans also likedStarring Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Drama & Crime

Z

1969·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Costa-Gavras

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Trouble in Paradise

1932·1h 23m·★ 7.9·Ernst Lubitsch

TMDB recommendsCrime & Romance

A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

42nd Street

1933·1h 29m·★ 7.3·Lloyd Bacon

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Midnight Mary

1933·1h 14m·★ 7.0·William A. Wellman

Crime & Drama & RomanceStarring Warren HymerDir. William A. Wellman

Married to the Mob

1988·1h 44m·★ 6.3·Jonathan Demme

TMDB recommendsCrime & Romance

The Front Page

1931·1h 41m·★ 6.7·Lewis Milestone

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Romance

City Streets

1931·1h 23m·★ 7.0·Rouben Mamoulian

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Romance

It Happened One Night

1934·1h 45m·★ 8.1·Frank Capra

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All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

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Frankenstein

1931·1h 10m·★ 7.7·James Whale

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The Thin Man

1934·1h 31m·★ 7.9·W.S. Van Dyke

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The Blue Angel

1930·1h 48m·★ 7.6·Josef von Sternberg

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931·1h 36m·★ 7.6·Rouben Mamoulian

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How Good Is Love Is a Racket?

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