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10 Best Movies Like The Man with the Golden Arm

If you loved The Man with the Golden Arm, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Rio Grande

Rio Grande

1950★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man with the Golden Arm for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of ...

#2
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man with the Golden Arm for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an ins...

#3
Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man with the Golden Arm for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop....

#4
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man with the Golden Arm for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he...

#5
Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

1945★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man with the Golden Arm for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-b...

#6
Exodus

Exodus

1960★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man with the Golden Arm for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship nam...