If You Liked Cry of the City, Watch These Next
Finished Cry of the City (1948) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Cry of the City, most of them are crime, drama.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.Riot in Cell Block 11(1954)
7.1CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
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2.The Blue Gardenia(1953)
6.5CrimeMysteryAlso crime
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
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3.Winged Creatures(2009)
5.9CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A…
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4.Let Him Have It(1991)
6.7DramaAlso drama
In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.
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5.The Enforcer(1951)
7.1DramaThrillerAlso drama
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
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6.Brute Force(1947)
7.3CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's chains?
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7.Deadline - U.S.A.(1952)
6.9CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
New York City newspaper The Day is in trouble. Even though editor Ed Hutcheson has worked hard running the paper, its circulation has been steadily declining. Now the publisher's widow wants to sell the paper, which will most likely mean its end. Hutcheson's only hope is to finish his exposé on a dangerous gangster…
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8.He Ran All the Way(1951)
7.2ThrillerCrimeAlso crime
A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.
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9.The Man Who Cheated Himself(1950)
6.2CrimeThrillerAlso crime
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
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10.The Mask of Dimitrios(1944)
7.1CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his…
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11.Killer's Kiss(1955)
6.3ThrillerCrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced…
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12.The Killer Is Loose(1956)
6.7CrimeThrillerAlso crime
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.
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13.Where the Sidewalk Ends(1950)
7.2CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
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14.The Seven-Ups(1973)
6.4ThrillerCrimeMysteryAlso crime
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
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15.The Pelican Brief(1993)
6.6ThrillerCrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
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16.House of Strangers(1949)
7.0DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of them take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the…
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17.The File on Thelma Jordon(1949)
6.6ThrillerDramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
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18.The Public Enemy(1931)
7.2CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation,…
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19.Prince of the City(1981)
7.0DramaThrillerCrimeAlso drama and crime
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.
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20.The Rainmaker(1997)
7.0DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.
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