Movies Like Street Smart

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

The Panic in Needle Park

1971·1h 50m·★ 7.1·Jerry Schatzberg

2 shared crewDir. Jerry SchatzbergDP: Adam Holender

Puzzle of a Downfall Child

1970·1h 45m·★ 6.6·Jerry Schatzberg

2 shared crewDir. Jerry SchatzbergDP: Adam Holender

The Seduction of Joe Tynan

1979·1h 48m·★ 6.1·Jerry Schatzberg

2 shared crewDir. Jerry SchatzbergDP: Adam Holender

The Escort

2015·1h 28m·★ 6.0·Will Slocombe

Themes: magazine, prostitute, journalistFans also liked

Vice Squad

1982·1h 37m·★ 6.4·Gary Sherman

Themes: pimp, prostituteFans also likedCrime & Thriller & Drama

Klute

1971·1h 54m·★ 7.1·Alan J. Pakula

Themes: pimp, prostituteFans also likedThriller & Crime

Natural Born Killers

1994·1h 59m·★ 7.2·Oliver Stone

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller & Drama

Young Adam

2003·1h 33m·★ 6.3·David Mackenzie

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller & Crime

Anatomy of a Murder

1959·2h 41m·★ 8.0·Otto Preminger

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Interpreter

2005·2h 8m·★ 6.4·Sydney Pollack

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Clinton and Nadine

1988·1h 35m·★ 4.9·Jerry Schatzberg

Crime & Thriller & DramaStarring Morgan FreemanDir. Jerry Schatzberg

Crocodile Dundee

1986·1h 37m·★ 6.7·Peter Faiman

Themes: prostitute, journalist

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950·1h 35m·★ 7.5·Otto Preminger

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

The Lincoln Lawyer

2011·1h 59m·★ 7.3·Brad Furman

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Kill the Messenger

2014·1h 52m·★ 6.9·Michael Cuesta

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Bordertown

2007·1h 52m·★ 6.0·Gregory Nava

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Dead Man Down

2013·1h 58m·★ 6.4·Niels Arden Oplev

Fans also likedThriller & Crime & Drama

Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004·1h 48m·★ 8.3·Michel Gondry

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North by Northwest

1959·2h 17m·★ 8.3·Alfred Hitchcock

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How Good Is Street Smart?

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