Movies Like The Big Shakedown

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

All Quiet on the Western Front

1930·2h 13m·★ 8.1·Lewis Milestone

TMDB recommendsStarring John Wray

42nd Street

1933·1h 29m·★ 7.3·Lloyd Bacon

TMDB recommendsStarring Allen Jenkins

Little Caesar

1931·1h 19m·★ 7.1·Mervyn LeRoy

Fans also likedStarring Glenda FarrellDrama & Crime

Each Dawn I Die

1939·1h 32m·★ 7.2·William Keighley

Fans also likedStarring John WrayCrime & Drama

M

1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

The Sting

1973·2h 9m·★ 8.2·George Roy Hill

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Swallowtail Butterfly

1996·2h 28m·★ 7.5·Shunji Iwai

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Shanghai Express

1932·1h 22m·★ 7.3·Josef von Sternberg

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Shadow of the Thin Man

1941·1h 37m·★ 7.2·W.S. Van Dyke

Fans also likedStarring Henry O'Neill

The Man Who Would Be King

1975·2h 9m·★ 7.7·John Huston

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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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Trouble in Paradise

1932·1h 23m·★ 7.9·Ernst Lubitsch

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The Blue Angel

1930·1h 48m·★ 7.6·Josef von Sternberg

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Murder She Said

1961·1h 27m·★ 7.3·George Pollock

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

Glengarry Glen Ross

1992·1h 40m·★ 7.6·James Foley

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931·1h 36m·★ 7.6·Rouben Mamoulian

TMDB recommends

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

1931·1h 26m·★ 7.3·F. W. Murnau

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Our Mother's House

1967·1h 45m·★ 7.2·Jack Clayton

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How Good Is The Big Shakedown?

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