Movies like The Set-Up: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Set-Up (1949) — a drama and crime film directed by Robert Wise — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Set-Up most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like transporter, sports and gambling. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Johnny O'Clock 1947★ 6.3
Shares: Crime, Drama
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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99 River Street 1953★ 6.8
Shares: Crime
A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Body and Soul 1947★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
Stream in India on Plex
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711 Ocean Drive 1950★ 6.4
Shares: Crime
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.
Stream in India on Bloodstream
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Champion 1949★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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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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Force of Evil 1950★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Drama
Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators who wants to stay that way, preferring not to deal with the gangsters who dominate the big-time.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Big Combo 1955★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Crime
Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend.
Stream in India on JustWatch TV Beta, Artiflix, Plex
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Pitfall 1948★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Crime
An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Damned Don't Cry 1950★ 7.0
Shares: Crime, Drama
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nightfall 1956★ 6.9
Shares: Crime
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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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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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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The Street with No Name 1948★ 6.4
Shares: Crime
After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a potential victim of the same racket. Soon, Gene meets Alec Stiles, neurotic mastermind who's "building an organization along scientific lines." Stiles recruits Cordell, whose job becomes a lot more dangerous.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Big Knife 1955★ 6.0
Shares: Crime, Drama
Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio's films and wants to start a new life. While his estranged wife supports him in the decision, Castle's talent agent urges him to reconsider. When Castle continues to be uncooperative, Hoff resorts to blackmail in order to get his way.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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No Man of Her Own 1950★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Crime
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Johnny Eager 1941★ 6.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Rocky III 1982★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
Following Rocky Balboa's intense battle with his most powerful adversary yet – the ferocious Clubber Lang – Rocky joins forces with former rival Apollo Creed in an effort to get back his fighting spirit.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Locket 1946★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Crime
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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Ride the Pink Horse 1947★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
A con man tries to blackmail a Mexican gangster.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now