Movies like The Big House: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Big House (1930) — a crime and drama film directed by George W. Hill — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Big House most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like prison, prison cell and inmate. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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- 1
20,000 Years in Sing Sing 1932★ 6.4
Shares: Crime, Drama
Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 2
Yield to the Night 1956★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Crime
Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 3
Kiss of Death 1947★ 7.0
Shares: Crime
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Stream in India on Plex
- 4
Ladies They Talk About 1933★ 6.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
Stream in India on Plex
- 5
The Killer Is Loose 1956★ 6.7
Shares: Crime
A savings-and-loan bank is robbed; later, a police wiretap identifies meek bank teller Leon Poole as the inside man. In capturing him, detective Sam Wagner accidentally kills Poole's young wife, and at his trial Poole swears vengeance against Wagner. Poole begins his plans to get revenge when he escapes his captors.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 6
Dog Pound 2010★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 7
The Blue Gardenia 1953★ 6.5
Shares: Crime
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 8
Each Dawn I Die 1939★ 6.9
Shares: Crime, Drama
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
- 9
Caged 1950★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
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- 10
They Made Me a Fugitive 1947★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, 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
- 11
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 Young Savages 1961★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
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- 13
The Man with the Golden Arm 1955★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Crime
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to get honest work as a drummer. But when his former employer and his old drug dealer re-enter his life, Frankie finds it hard to stay clean and eventually finds himself succumbing to his old habits.
Stream in India on Brew, JustWatch TV Beta, Plex
- 14
He Ran All the Way 1951★ 7.2
Shares: Crime
A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 15
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
- 16
The Naked City 1948★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
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
- 17
House of Bamboo 1955★ 6.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
- 18
Kid Galahad 1962★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Crime
After completing military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him under his wing.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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5 Against the House 1955★ 5.9
Shares: Crime, Drama
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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It Always Rains on Sunday 1947★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Crime
During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.
Stream in India on Plex