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10 Best Movies Like Angels with Dirty Faces

If you loved Angels with Dirty Faces, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Johnny O'Clock

Johnny O'Clock

1947★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Angels with Dirty Faces for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. ...

#2
5 Against the House

5 Against the House

1955★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Angels with Dirty Faces for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino....

#3
Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley

1947★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Angels with Dirty Faces for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband....

#4
Odds Against Tomorrow

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Angels with Dirty Faces for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare....

#5
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Angels with Dirty Faces for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob....

#6
Force of Evil

Force of Evil

1950★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Angels with Dirty Faces for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators wh...

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