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10 Best Movies Like Backfire

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

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#1
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backfire 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....

#2
Wrong Cops

Wrong Cops

2013★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backfire for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot....

#3
The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum

1966★ 5.9

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

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigat...

#4
Plunder Road

Plunder Road

1957★ 6.9

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

A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam....

#5
Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

1939★ 6.8

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

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in ord...

#6
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

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

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

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