swap_horiz Underworld U.S.A. Alternatives

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A Fugitive from the Past

A Fugitive from the Past is a 1965 Japanese crime drama directed by Tomu Uchida, noted for its long postwar murder story...

Epic Crime 1960S Japanese Noir

8.4 Great

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Pale Flower

Pale Flower is a 1964 Japanese film noir by Masahiro Shinoda, pairing a released yakuza killer with a thrill-seeking gam...

Crime 1960S Gambling Japanese Noir

8.2 Great

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The Lineup

The Lineup is a 1958 American film noir directed by Don Siegel, adapted from the CBS police series and noted for San Fra...

Classic Procedural Crime 1950S

7.8 Good

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Blast of Silence

Blast of Silence is a 1961 American neo-noir written, directed by, and starring Allen Baron, about a hitman returning to...

New York Universal 1960S Hitman

7.8 Good

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Cry Danger

Cry Danger is a 1951 American noir directed by Robert Parrish, notable for Dick Powell's ex-con hero and Joseph Biroc's...

Classic Crime Revenge 1950S

7.5 Good

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The Criminal

The Criminal is a 1960 British neo-noir by Joseph Losey, starring Stanley Baker as a paroled gangster pursued over racet...

Crime 1960S Prison British Noir

7.3 Good

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The Crimson Kimono

The Crimson Kimono is a 1959 American film noir written, produced, and directed by Samuel Fuller, noted for its interrac...

Crime 1950S Los Angeles Columbia

7.2 Good

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The Garment Jungle

The Garment Jungle is a 1957 Columbia noir by Vincent Sherman, notable for its New York garment-industry racketeering pl...

Classic Crime 1950S Columbia

7.1 Good

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Johnny O'Clock

Johnny O'Clock is a 1947 American film noir written and directed by Robert Rossen, marking his feature directing debut a...

Classic Crime Gambling 1940S

7.0 Good

10

Scandal Sheet

Scandal Sheet is a 1952 newspaper noir by Phil Karlson, notable for adapting Samuel Fuller's novel The Dark Page into a...

Classic Crime 1950S Newspaper

7.0 Good

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Pushover

Pushover is a 1954 Columbia noir by Richard Quine, notable for Kim Novak's first credited role opposite Fred MacMurray a...

Classic Crime 1950S Surveillance

7.0 Good

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The Long Memory

The Long Memory is a 1953 British crime film by Robert Hamer, starring John Mills in a bleak revenge story often cited a...

Crime Revenge 1950S British Noir

7.0 Good

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Cruel Gun Story

Cruel Gun Story is a 1964 Japanese heist film by Takumi Furukawa, starring Joe Shishido as an ex-con recruited to rob an...

Crime 1960S Heist Japanese Noir

7.0 Good

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The Big Easy

The Big Easy is a 1986 American crime romance set in New Orleans, with Dennis Quaid as a police detective caught in corr...

Crime 1980S Neo Noir New Orleans

7.0 Good

15

Framed

Framed is a 1947 American film noir by Richard Wallace, a Columbia B-crime thriller starring Glenn Ford as a miner trapp...

Classic Crime 1940S Femme Fatale

6.8 Fair

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The Mob

The Mob is a 1951 Columbia crime noir by Robert Parrish, notable for Broderick Crawford as an undercover cop in a waterf...

Classic Crime 1950S Undercover

6.8 Fair

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The Brothers Rico

The Brothers Rico is a 1957 American film noir by Phil Karlson, starring Richard Conte in a Georges Simenon story about...

Classic Crime Gangster 1950S

6.8 Fair

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711 Ocean Drive

711 Ocean Drive is a 1950 American film noir by Joseph M. Newman, starring Edmond O'Brien as a phone technician drawn in...

Classic Crime 1950S Columbia

6.7 Fair

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The Burglar

The Burglar is a 1957 American film noir directed by Paul Wendkos, based on David Goodis's novel and shot partly in Phil...

Classic Crime 1950S Heist

6.7 Fair

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Take Aim at the Police Van

Take Aim at the Police Van is a 1960 Japanese Nikkatsu crime film directed by Seijun Suzuki, an early studio noir about...

Procedural Crime 1960S Japanese Noir

6.7 Fair