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Movies like Frameup (1993)

The best movies like Frameup (1993) are They Live by Night (1949), Fallen Angel (1945) and The Wild One (1953). If Frameup hooked you with its romance and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. They Live by Night (1949)

    An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & romance

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  2. Fallen Angel (1945)

    An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama

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  3. The Wild One (1953)

    The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & crime

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  4. You Only Live Once (1937)

    Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama

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  5. Macao (1952)

    Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  6. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

    Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama

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  7. Woman of Straw (1964)

    Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama

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  8. An Autumn Romance (2021)

    When librarian Taylor Harris suddenly loses her job, she decides to visit her brother in a small town in Montana. There, she gets involved in the fight to help save her brother's hotel from tycoon Joel Sheenan, who wants to renovate it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama

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  9. 5 Against the House (1955)

    Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama

  10. The Lost Husband (2020)

    Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  11. A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923)

    When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  12. Framed (1947)

    Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama

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  13. Each Dawn I Die (1939)

    A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama

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  14. City Girl (1930)

    A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  15. The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

    A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  16. The World of Suzie Wong (1960)

    A Hong Kong prostitute tries modeling and falls for the artist who's painting her.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  17. Flamingo Road (1949)

    A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  18. Plunder Road (1957)

    A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & drama

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  19. Return to Peyton Place (1961)

    Residents of the small town of Peyton Place aren't pleased when they realize they're the characters in local writer Allison MacKenzie's controversial first novel. A sequel to the hit 1957 film.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  20. Love Finds You in Valentine (2016)

    Kennedy Blaine, a Californian girl, inherits a ranch in the small town of Valentine in Nebraska. Before she sells the property, she decides to spend the summer in her house and learn more about her family.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance

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  21. Buffalo Soldiers (2002)

    A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & crime

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  22. Death to Smoochy (2002)

    Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph, the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy, a puffy fuchsia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ratings and the affections of a network executive - Randolph makes the unsuspecting rhino the target of his numerous outrageous attempts to exact revenge and reclaim his status as America's sweetheart.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime & drama

  23. Bound (1996)

    Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & crime

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  24. Something Wild (1986)

    A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime & romance

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  25. Matar al Nani (1988)

    The story of El Nani, a juvenile delinquent from the years of the Transition, whose disappearance in a police station after an interrogation has not yet been clarified, putting the accent on the denunciation of police brutality and speculating on the outcome of the story. A story that mixes political denunciation and social chronicle of an era.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime & drama

  26. Mystic Pizza (1988)

    Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & drama

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  27. Suddenly Gina (2007)

    Laurens works for the German Minister of Finance and is an extremely correct and conscientious person. He knows his way around numbers, but less so with women. One day he meets Gina, a single young woman. She is sitting alone at one of the tables and Laurens forces himself to sit with her. Hesitantly, a first conversation develops between them. This is the beginning of a seemingly impossible love story that not only throws Laurens' life into turmoil. Laurens is secretary to the German finance minister. Over breakfast, he approaches the attractive Gina and invites her to accompany him to the G8 summit. There, Gina realizes that she doesn't fit into the world of politicians and business bosses. She is the only one to say what she thinks - and causes quite a stir. Laurens has to choose between his career and the love of his life.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance & drama

  28. 11:14 (2004)

    Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the story of murder and deceit.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

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  29. The Death of Gary Goldwater (2014)

    A dark comedy about two hit-men that think it's a lot easier to dispose of their target than it actually is.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime

  30. Home Alone da Riber (2002)

    Rudolf is imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. He attempted to escape many times but was unsuccessfull, he realizes that he is in for the long haul and decides that his wife Sandra should remarry for the sake of their children Melody and Mark who have been made to believe anyway that he is already dead. Many years has been passed he was informed that the real culprit has been caught and he is being released. However, instead of being happy, he is saddened by the fact that he cannot go back to his family anymore. Nevertheless he pretends to be a piano tuner so that he can visit his children.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Frameup?

The closest matches to Frameup are They Live by Night (1949), Fallen Angel (1945) and The Wild One (1953). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Frameup?

Start with They Live by Night (1949), the closest match to Frameup.

What is the highest-rated movie like Frameup?

The Asphalt Jungle (1950), rated 7.5/10 by 561 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Frameup?

An Autumn Romance (2021) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Frameup?

Yes: They Live by Night (1949), Fallen Angel (1945) and The Wild One (1953).

How are movies similar to Frameup chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Frameup, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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