Movies Like The Racketeer

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

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1931·1h 50m·★ 8.3·Fritz Lang

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932·1h 32m·★ 8.2·Mervyn LeRoy

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

City Streets

1931·1h 23m·★ 7.0·Rouben Mamoulian

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Blondie Johnson

1933·1h 8m·★ 6.7·Ray Enright

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

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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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931·1h 36m·★ 7.6·Rouben Mamoulian

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The Public Enemy

1931·1h 24m·★ 7.6·William A. Wellman

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas

1931·1h 26m·★ 7.3·F. W. Murnau

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Edge of the City

1957·1h 25m·★ 7.2·Martin Ritt

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Manhattan Melodrama

1934·1h 33m·★ 7.1·W.S. Van Dyke

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The Damned Don't Cry

1950·1h 43m·★ 7.1·Vincent Sherman

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42nd Street

1933·1h 29m·★ 7.3·Lloyd Bacon

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Pitfall

1948·1h 26m·★ 7.1·André de Toth

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The Outfit

1973·1h 43m·★ 7.0·John Flynn

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Each Dawn I Die

1939·1h 32m·★ 7.2·William Keighley

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Cry of the City

1948·1h 35m·★ 7.2·Robert Siodmak

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Force of Evil

1950·1h 19m·★ 7.2·Abraham Polonsky

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How Good Is The Racketeer?

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