Movies like The Sniper (1952)
The best movies like The Sniper (1952) are Crime Wave (1953), Side Street (1950) and Cry Danger (1951). If The Sniper hooked you with its crime and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDetour (1945)7.2/10 from 435 votes
- NewestUnderworld U.S.A. (1961)Released 1961
Crime Wave (1953)
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter. The other two former cellmates then attempt to force him into doing a bank job.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSide Street (1950)
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000. When he decides to return the money, things go wrong - and that is only the beginning of his troubles.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCry Danger (1951)
After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still in prison for the same crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisToo Late for Tears (1949)
Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Good Die Young (1954)
An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Highway Dragnet (1954)
Ex-Marine Jim Henry, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer, who is journeying cross-country with her principal model. Tensions rise, however, when the women realize their traveling companion may be a killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Two of a Kind (1951)
A con woman and a lawyer get a carnival grifter to pose as an elderly rich couple's long-lost son.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Underworld U.S.A. (1961)
A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Burglar (1957)
Burglar Nat Harbin and his two associates set their sights on wealthy spiritualist Sister Sarah, who has inherited a fortune -- including a renowned emerald necklace -- from a Philadelphia financier. Using Nat's female ward, Gladden, to pose as an admirer and case the mansion where the woman lives, they set up a perfect break-in. Things get complicated afterwards.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Dark City (1950)
War hero Danny Haley fleeces out-of-town dupes in a rigged poker game. He and his pals see Arthur Winant as an easy mark, but they've reckoned without Winant's homicidal brother, who wants revenge after Arthur commits suicide.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisArmored Car Robbery (1950)
While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne, then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn't know is that Phillips' partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell, is wise to the criminal's plans and is closing in on his prey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNaked Alibi (1954)
Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is the only suspect in the eyes of tough Chief Conroy, who pursues him doggedly despite lack of evidence. The obsessed Conroy is dismissed from the force, but continues to harass Willis, who flees to a sleazy town on the Mexican border. Of course, Conroy follows. But which is crazy, Conroy or Willis?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Price of Fear (1956)
A co-owner of a race track goes on the run after witnessing something he shouldn't have at the track.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Criss Cross (1949)
An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBodyguard (1948)
A cop on suspension is framed for murder when he noses in on a murder investigation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Borderline (1950)
The Los Angeles police know that Pete Ritchie has been bringing drugs into the city, but they can't pin a single piece of evidence on him. After many botched attempts to get at the crook, they resort to having cop Madeleine go undercover and seduce her way into Ritchie's circle. Before she can get anywhere, she's abducted by Johnny, a government agent posing as a thug. But Johnny and Madeleine have no idea they're on the same side of the law.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Killer's Kiss (1955)
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDrive a Crooked Road (1954)
A mechanic gets caught up with the mob when he falls for a gangster's girlfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
The Brothers Rico (1957)
Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who are on the lam after a big hit, forcing Eddie to get involved with the Mafia again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dark Past (1948)
A gang hold a family hostage in their own home. The leader of the escaped cons is bothered by a recurring dream that the doctor of the house may be able to analyze.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this99 River Street (1953)
A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDestination Murder (1950)
Laura Mansfield catches a glimpse of mob hit man Jackie Wales after he shoots her businessman father. At the police station, Laura identifies Jackie as the murderer, but the policeman in charge of the case, Lt. Brewster, lets him go, citing a lack of corroborating evidence. Outraged, Laura worms her way into the unsuspecting Jackie's heart, trying to snare him and mob-connected club owner Armitage in her trap.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Detour (1945)
The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEdge of Doom (1950)
A Catholic priest finds himself investigating the murder of his colleague.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMurder by Contract (1958)
Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer. His next target, a woman, is the most difficult.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)
A newspaper publisher, wanting to prove a point about the insufficiency of circumstantial evidence, talks his possible son-in-law Tom into a hoax in an attempt to expose ineptitude of the city's hard-line district attorney. The plan is to have Tom plant clues leading to his arrest for killing a female nightclub dancer. Once Tom is found guilty, he is to reveal the setup and humiliate the DA.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNightfall (1956)
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lineup (1958)
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHell Drivers (1957)
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company owner who encourages competion amongst his drivers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Sniper?
The closest matches to The Sniper are Crime Wave (1953), Side Street (1950) and Cry Danger (1951). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Sniper?
People who watched The Sniper most often go on to Crime Wave (1953), Side Street (1950) and Cry Danger (1951).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Sniper?
Detour (1945), rated 7.2/10 by 435 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Sniper?
Underworld U.S.A. (1961) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Sniper?
Yes: Crime Wave (1953), Side Street (1950) and Cry Danger (1951).
How are movies similar to The Sniper chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Sniper, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.