Movies like The Unholy Three: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Unholy Three (1925) — a crime, thriller and drama film directed by Tod Browning — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Unholy Three most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like robbery, silent film and sideshow. 3 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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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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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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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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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.
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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.
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Time Without Pity 1957★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Thriller, Drama
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Quiller Memorandum 1966★ 5.9
Shares: Thriller, Drama, Crime
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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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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Islands 2025★ 6.1
Shares: Thriller, Drama, Crime
In this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist arrives, Tom is unable to shake the feeling he has met her before. Tension and attraction grow, until her husband disappears, and the police suspect Tom.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Indemnity 2022★ 6.6
Shares: Thriller, Crime
An ex-fireman with PTSD goes on the run when accused of a crime he doesn't even remember committing, leading him down a rabbit hole of conspiracy to the highest degree.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Whirlpool 1950★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller, Crime, Drama
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.
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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The Young Savages 1961★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Drama, Thriller
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.
Stream in India on Plex
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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 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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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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Point Blank 1967★ 7.1
Shares: Crime, Thriller, Drama
After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Glengarry Glen Ross 1992★ 7.3
Shares: Crime, Drama
An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office. Unscrupulous salesmen try to hawk dubious real estate to suckers.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder 2022★ 7.0
Shares: Crime, Drama
A murder investigation is reignited in a house that is considered haunted by the Lawrenceton locals and where years ago Aurora and Sally, as teenagers, discovered a body.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Deadly Affair 1967★ 6.3
Shares: Thriller, Drama
Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other officials want Dobbs to drop the case. So Dobbs hires a retiring inspector, Mendel, to quietly make inquiries. Dobbs isn't at all sure as there are a number of anomalies that simply can't be explained away. Dobbs is also having trouble at home with his errant wife, whom he very much loves, having frequent affairs. He's also pleased to see an old friend, Dieter Frey, who he recruited after the war. With the assistance of a colleague and a retired policeman, Dobbs tries to piece together just who is the spy and who in fact assassinated Fennan.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now