Movies like You Only Live Once: 20 to watch next

If you loved You Only Live Once (1937) — a crime, drama and romance film directed by Fritz Lang — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of You Only Live Once most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like based on true story, film noir and ex-con. 3 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
They Live by Night 1949★ 6.8
Shares: Crime, Romance, Drama
An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
2
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
3
The Web 1947★ 7.1
Shares: Crime, Drama
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
4
They Won't Believe Me 1947★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Romance
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
5
Fallen Angel 1945★ 6.6
Shares: Crime, Drama, Romance
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.
Stream in India on Plex
6
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
7
Macao 1952★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Romance, Crime
Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
8
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
9
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
10
On Dangerous Ground 1951★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Crime
A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
Witness to Murder 1954★ 6.3
Shares: Crime, Drama
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
12
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
13
Naked Alibi 1954★ 6.1
Shares: Crime, Drama, Romance
Questioned as a murder suspect, solid (but drunk) citizen Al Willis attacks his police questioners, is beaten, and swears vengeance against them. Next night, Lieut. Parks is murdered; Willis is the only suspect in the eyes of tough Chief Conroy, who pursues him doggedly despite lack of evidence. The obsessed Conroy is dismissed from the force, but continues to harass Willis, who flees to a sleazy town on the Mexican border. Of course, Conroy follows. But which is crazy, Conroy or Willis?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
14
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
15
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
16
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
17
Born to Kill 1947★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Drama
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
Brighton Rock 1948★ 6.8
Shares: Crime, Drama
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
19
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
20
Footsteps in the Fog 1955★ 7.0
Shares: 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