Movies like 99 River Street (1953)
The best movies like 99 River Street (1953) are Highway 301 (1950), Side Street (1950) and The Brothers Rico (1957). If 99 River Street hooked you with its crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedGun Crazy (1950)7.4/10 from 323 votes
- NewestParty Girl (1958)Released 1958
Highway 301 (1950)
The "Tri-State" gang goes on a successful bank robbing streak causing local authorities to turn up the heat on the daring career criminals.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Side 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 crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 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 thisCriss 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
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Breaking Point (1950)
A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCrime 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 thisTwo 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
Armored 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 crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChicago Deadline (1949)
On Chicago's South Side reporter Ed Ames finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Ames comes to know quite a lot, dangerously so.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Plunder Road (1957)
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScene of the Crime (1949)
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
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
A Dangerous Profession (1949)
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation involving a former flame.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both 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
Tight Spot (1955)
A former model, serving time in prison, becomes a key witness in a trial against a notorious gangster. She is put under protective watch by the District Attorney in a posh hotel, but the crime kingpin makes attempts to get to her.
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 crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Sniper (1952)
Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHighway 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
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 crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRace Street (1948)
A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Naked 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI, the Jury (1953)
After his best friend and war buddy is mysteriously gunned down, Mike Hammer will stop at nothing to settle the score for the man who sacrificed a limb to save his own life during combat. Along the way, Hammer rides a fine line between gumshoe and a one-man jury, staying two-steps ahead of the law—and trying not to get bumped off in the process.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both 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
Bodyguard (1948)
A cop on suspension is framed for murder when he noses in on a murder investigation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Gun Crazy (1950)
Bart Tare, an ex-Army man who has a lifelong fixation with guns, meets a kindred spirit in sharpshooter Annie Starr and goes to work at a carnival alongside her. After upsetting the carnival owner who lusts after Starr, they both get fired. Soon, at Starr's behest, the couple embarks on a crime spree for cash.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisParty Girl (1958)
Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKansas City Confidential (1952)
An ex-convict sets out to uncover who framed him for an armored car robbery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies 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
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like 99 River Street?
The closest matches to 99 River Street are Highway 301 (1950), Side Street (1950) and The Brothers Rico (1957). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after 99 River Street?
People who watched 99 River Street most often go on to Highway 301 (1950), Side Street (1950) and The Brothers Rico (1957).
What is the highest-rated movie like 99 River Street?
Gun Crazy (1950), rated 7.4/10 by 323 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like 99 River Street?
Party Girl (1958) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like 99 River Street?
Yes: Highway 301 (1950), Side Street (1950) and The Brothers Rico (1957).
How are movies similar to 99 River Street chosen?
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