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10 Best Movies Like Once a Crook

If you loved Once a Crook, 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 Once a Crook 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 Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#3
Cry of the City

Cry of the City

1948★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once a Crook 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...

#4
Wrong Cops

Wrong Cops

2013★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once a Crook 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....

#5
Violent Saturday

Violent Saturday

1955★ 6.8

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

Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly....

#6
The Outfit

The Outfit

1973★ 6.8

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

A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to di...

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