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10 Best Movies Like Highways by Night

If you loved Highways by Night, 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 Highways by Night 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....

#2
The Mexican

The Mexican

2001★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Highways by Night for fans of Comedy & Crime & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jerry Welbach, a reluctant bagman, has been given two ultimatums: The first is from his mob boss to travel to Mexico and retrieve a priceless antique pistol, known as "the Mexican"...

#3
Al Capone

Al Capone

1959★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Highways by Night for fans of Adventure & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago...

#4
The Pickup

The Pickup

2025★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Highways by Night for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when mismatched armored truck drivers Russell and Travis are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by savvy mastermind Zoe....

#5
Hoodlum

Hoodlum

1997★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Highways by Night for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bump...

#6
Absolution

Absolution

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Highways by Night for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and r...

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