Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Payroll

If you loved Payroll, 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 Payroll 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
Criss Cross

Criss Cross

1949★ 7.1

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

An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband....

#3
The Wrong Arm of the Law

The Wrong Arm of the Law

1963★ 6.6

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

The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as police and steal from the crook...

#4
The Big Combo

The Big Combo

1955★ 7.0

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

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend....

#5
They Live by Night

They Live by Night

1949★ 6.9

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

An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning....

#6
Pitfall

Pitfall

1948★ 6.8

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

An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator....

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