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10 Best Movies Like Smart Guy

If you loved Smart Guy, 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 Smart Guy for fans of Drama & 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
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smart Guy for fans of Drama & Crime. 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....

#3
Johnny O'Clock

Johnny O'Clock

1947★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smart Guy for fans of Drama & 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. ...

#4
Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

1939★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smart Guy for fans of Drama & Crime. 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...

#5
Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky

1943★ 7.0

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

A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him....

#6
The Set-Up

The Set-Up

1949★ 7.3

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

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter....

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