Movies like The Sound of Fury (1950)
The best movies like The Sound of Fury (1950) are The Breaking Point (1950), Plunder Road (1957) and The Damned Don't Cry (1950). If The Sound of Fury hooked you with its crime and drama, 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 436 votes
- NewestPlunder Road (1957)Released 1957
The Breaking Point (1950)
A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPlunder Road (1957)
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHuman Desire (1954)
A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in a sordid affair with a co-worker's wife following a murder on a train.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCity That Never Sleeps (1953)
Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with his stripper girlfriend Angel Face, but keeps getting cold feet. During one crowded night, Angel Face decides she's had enough vacillation, and crooked lawyer Biddel has an illegal mission for Johnny that could put him in a financial position to act. But other, conflicting schemes are also in progress...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
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
Destination 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
Thieves' Highway (1949)
Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Steel Trap (1952)
Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a Friday and then plans to flee to Brazil over the weekend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
New York Confidential (1955)
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
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 thisCause for Alarm! (1951)
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFemale Jungle (1956)
Alcoholic detective investigating the murder of an actress starts getting worried when all fingers begin to point at him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Cry 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Web (1947)
A brash young lawyer takes a short-term, high-paying job as bodyguard for a slick business exec being threatened by a former partner, and quickly realizes he may be in over his head.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRide the Pink Horse (1947)
A con man tries to blackmail a Mexican gangster.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhen Strangers Marry (1944)
A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Cry Vengeance (1954)
Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, framed, and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one desire, revenge on still-hiding Tino Morelli.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
Moonrise (1948)
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s girlfriend, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pretender (1947)
Story of an investment agent who embezzles a large sum from an estate, hoping to cover his crime by marrying the estate's heiress. The girl is already engaged, so he arranges to have the fiance killed. A mix up involving the society section of the newspaper places him in the sights of his own hired gun.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Danger Signal (1945)
After robbing and murdering his married lover and then staging her death to look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch and her mother. He woos Hilda, knowing she has money, but when he discovers that Hilda's sister, Anne, has just inherited $25,000, he switches his attentions to her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Drive 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
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
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGuilty Bystander (1950)
A drunken ex-cop gets a shot at redemption when his young son is kidnapped after a smuggling deal goes belly up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & 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 drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisI Wake Up Screaming (1941)
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRiot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBerlin Express (1948)
In post-war Europe, a diverse group of passengers aboard a U.S. Army train to bombed-out Frankfurt becomes involved in a Nazi assassination plot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dark Mirror (1946)
A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCry of the City (1948)
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Sound of Fury?
The closest matches to The Sound of Fury are The Breaking Point (1950), Plunder Road (1957) and The Damned Don't Cry (1950). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Sound of Fury?
People who watched The Sound of Fury most often go on to The Breaking Point (1950), Plunder Road (1957) and The Damned Don't Cry (1950).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Sound of Fury?
Detour (1945), rated 7.2/10 by 436 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Sound of Fury?
Plunder Road (1957) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Sound of Fury?
Yes: The Breaking Point (1950), Plunder Road (1957) and The Damned Don't Cry (1950).
How are movies similar to The Sound of Fury chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Sound of Fury, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.