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10 Best Movies Like Below the Deadline

If you loved Below the Deadline, 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 Below the Deadline for fans of Crime. 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
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Below the Deadline for fans of Crime. 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....

#3
The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Below the Deadline for fans of Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign....

#4
Force of Evil

Force of Evil

1950★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Below the Deadline for fans of Crime. 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...

#5
The Web

The Web

1947★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Below the Deadline for fans of Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his hea...

#6
Cry of the City

Cry of the City

1948★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Below the Deadline for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another cri...

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