Movies like Blake the Lawbreaker (1928)
The best movies like Blake the Lawbreaker (1928) are Violent Saturday (1955), Welcome to the Punch (2013) and Belly (1998). If Blake the Lawbreaker hooked you with its crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Blake the Lawbreaker
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBlue Story (2019)7.3/10 from 254 votes
- NewestCult Killer (2024)Released 2024
Violent Saturday (1955)
Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWelcome to the Punch (2013)
When notorious criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London, it gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to take down the man he's always been after.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisBelly (1998)
Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThick as Thieves (1999)
Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jazz records and caring for his ailing dog, Wally. The other is a local gangster with a taste for the finer life, who decides to eliminate the competition. This ignites a war between the two men and their aides. An angry mob boss and a female police officer try to sort the mess before things get too out of hand.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlue Story (2019)
Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a friendship with Marco, a charismatic, streetwise kid from the local area. Although from warring postcodes, the two quickly form a firm friendship until it is tested and they wind up on rival sides of a street war. Blue Story depicts elements of Rapman's own personal experiences and aspects of his childhood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCult Killer (2024)
A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTed Bundy: American Boogeyman (2021)
Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the FBI rookie who coined the phrase ‘serial killer’.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmerican Skin (2019)
A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing trial, he takes matters into his own hands.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Blue Gardenia (1953)
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried (2017)
Henry and Maggie attend the birthday party of a local publisher, where his son and stepson reenact a historical 18th century dual. Someone, however, has loaded the antique pistol with a real musket ball, so when son pulls the trigger, he kills his stepbrother in front of a roomful of witnesses. Henry and Maggie have to figure out who wanted the stepson dead and why.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisViolet & Daisy (2013)
Two teenage assassins accept what they think will be a quick-and-easy job, until an unexpected target throws them off their plan.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Quiller Memorandum (1966)
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisPanic (2000)
Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman in the waiting room that he connects with.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMiss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington (1987)
Travelling on the 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on a passing train - but where is the body?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Rookie (1990)
Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisSuburbicon (2017)
In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Lost Son (1999)
Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is missing. The missing man's parents hire Xavier over their daughter's objections, and quickly he finds himself in the realm of children's sexual slavery.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAccident Man (2018)
Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMurder She Said (1961)
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShimmer Lake (2017)
Shot in reverse day-by-day through a week—a local sheriff embarks on a quest to unlock the mystery of three small-town criminals and a bank heist gone wrong.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938)
Sexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by "famous stamp collector" and millionaire.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
Murder at Site 3 (1958)
Sexton Blake tracks down a gang who have stolen secrets from a rocket site.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
The Mystery of the Silent Death (1928)
Sixth release in the 'Sexton Blake' series of short crime dramas.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
Britain's Secret Treaty (1914)
A Count catches a detective posing as a foreign war minister and hangs him over Beach Head with a fuse.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
The Kaiser's Spies (1914)
An entomologist runs a spy ring of bus drivers from a tower in Epping Forest.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
The Great Cheque Fraud (1915)
A detective saves his boy assistant from a bank swindler after escaping a fire by overhead cable.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
Doddington Diamonds (1922)
A Sexton Blake mystery.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
The Thornton Jewel Mystery (1915)
A girl frames a drunkard for a gem theft. The detective is saved from the crook's launch by a boy's 60-foot dive.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
The Further Exploits of Sexton Blake: The Mystery of the S.S. Olympic (1919)
A detective saves the kidnapped daughter of an inventor murdered for his formula.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
Sexton Blake, Gambler (1928)
Third release in the 'Sexton Blake' series of short crime dramas.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Blake the Lawbreaker?
The closest matches to Blake the Lawbreaker are Violent Saturday (1955), Welcome to the Punch (2013) and Belly (1998). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Blake the Lawbreaker?
Start with Violent Saturday (1955), the closest match to Blake the Lawbreaker.
What is the highest-rated movie like Blake the Lawbreaker?
Blue Story (2019), rated 7.3/10 by 254 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Blake the Lawbreaker?
Cult Killer (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Blake the Lawbreaker?
Yes: Violent Saturday (1955), Welcome to the Punch (2013) and Belly (1998).
How are movies similar to Blake the Lawbreaker chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Blake the Lawbreaker, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.