Movies like Odd Man Out: 20 to watch next
If you loved Odd Man Out (1947) — a crime, drama and thriller film directed by Carol Reed — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Odd Man Out most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like film noir, black and white and ira (irish republican army). 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Blue Lamp 1950★ 6.6
Shares: Crime, Thriller
P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Brighton Rock 1948★ 6.8
Shares: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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5 Against the House 1955★ 5.9
Shares: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
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
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Plunder Road 1957★ 6.9
Shares: Crime, Drama
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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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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The Asphalt Jungle 1950★ 7.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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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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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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Framed 1947★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
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.
Stream in India on JustWatch TV Beta
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Pickup on South Street 1953★ 7.4
Shares: Thriller, Crime
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.
Stream in India on Plex
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Desperate 1947★ 6.5
Shares: Thriller, Crime
An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Witness to Murder 1954★ 6.3
Shares: Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
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
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Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story 2004★ 6.1
Shares: Crime, Drama
Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence resolutions which earned him multiple Nobel Peace Prize nominations. After exhausting all forms of appeal, Tookie was executed by lethal injection.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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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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Obsession 1949★ 6.8
Shares: Thriller, Crime
A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Dark Past 1948★ 6.0
Shares: Crime, Thriller, Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Little Caesar 1931★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Crime
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
Stream in India on Plex
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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