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10 Best Movies Like The Glass Key

If you loved The Glass Key, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Niagara

Niagara

1953★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glass Key for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Rose Loomis and her older, gloomier husband, George, are vacationing at a cabin in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The couple befriend Polly and Ray Cutler, who are honeymooning in the area. P...

#2
The Big Combo

The Big Combo

1955★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glass Key for fans of Crime. 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....

#3
They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night

1940★ 6.9

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

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collec...

#4
The Blue Dahlia

The Blue Dahlia

1946★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glass Key for fans of Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer....

#5
La Bête Humaine

La Bête Humaine

1938★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glass Key for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Returning by train to the French port of Le Havre, Jacques Lantier, a tormented railwayman, meets by chance the impulsive stationmaster Roubard and Séverine, his wife....

#6
This Gun for Hire

This Gun for Hire

1942★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glass Key for fans of Crime & Mystery & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Rav...