Movies like Born to Kill: 20 to watch next
If you loved Born to Kill (1947) — a crime, drama and thriller film directed by Robert Wise — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Born to Kill most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like based on novel or book, san francisco, california and detective. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Man Who Cheated Himself 1950★ 6.2
Shares: Crime, Thriller
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
Stream in India on Artiflix, JustWatch TV Beta, Plex
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Man from Reno 2014★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Crime, Thriller
A mystery outside of San Francisco brings together small-town sheriff Paul Del Moral, Japanese author Aki Akahori, and a traveler from Reno who soon disappears, leaving behind his suitcase and a trail of questions.
Stream in India on Plex
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Black Angel 1946★ 6.1
Shares: Crime, Thriller
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Naked City 1948★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Drama, Thriller
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
Stream in India on Artiflix, Plex
- 5
The Glass Key 1942★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Thriller
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Kiss Before Dying 1956★ 6.3
Shares: Thriller, Drama, Crime
A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Each Dawn I Die 1939★ 6.9
Shares: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 8
The Locket 1946★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Crime, Thriller
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lady in the Lake 1946★ 6.1
Shares: Thriller, Crime
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 10
The Web 1947★ 7.1
Shares: Crime, Drama, Thriller
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Maltese Falcon 1941★ 7.7
Shares: Crime, Thriller
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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They Made Me a Fugitive 1947★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Thriller, Crime
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nightfall 1956★ 6.9
Shares: Crime, Thriller
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Blueprint for Murder 1953★ 6.2
Shares: Crime, Thriller
Whitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that the death of her stepchild, Polly, has been attributed to poisoning, he suspects that Lynn is after his late brother's estate, and killing everyone in her way.
Stream in India on Plex
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The File on Thelma Jordon 1949★ 6.5
Shares: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
Stream in India on Plex
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The Mirror Crack'd 1980★ 6.1
Shares: Crime, Thriller
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Perfect Sisters 2014★ 5.8
Shares: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Footsteps in the Fog 1955★ 7.0
Shares: Thriller, Drama, Crime
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The House on Telegraph Hill 1951★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller, Drama
Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in order to gain passage to America.
Stream in India on Plex
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Murder in Three Acts 1986★ 6.0
Shares: Crime, Drama
In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now