Most Similar Movies to The Big Knife (1955)


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The Good Die Young (1954), Variety (1925), Written on the Wind (1956), Skyscraper Souls (1932), Five Star Final (1931), The Bigamist (1953), The Bad Sleep Well (1960) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

The Good Die Young (1954)

The Good Die Young (1954)

6.7/10 Crime, Drama

In London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.

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Variety (1925)

Variety (1925)

10.0/10 Drama

This silent German film tells a tale of jealousy, obsession and murder, set against the backdrop of the circus. Carnival owner "Boss" Huller (Emil Jannings) used to be a talented acrobat. Now he owns a lowbrow sideshow act with his wife. When he meets a beautiful young woman (Lya De Putti), he runs off with her, abandoning his family. But a strapping trapeze artist (Warwick Ward) soon lures away Huller's new lover. Huller then realizes he has swiftly moved from cheater to cuckold.

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Written on the Wind (1956)

Written on the Wind (1956)

7.4/10 Drama

Alcoholic playboy Kyle Hadley marries the woman secretly loved by his poor but hard-working best friend, who in turn is pursued by Kyle's nymphomaniac sister.

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Skyscraper Souls (1932)

Skyscraper Souls (1932)

7.2/10 Comedy, Drama

An entrepreneur will let nothing stand in his way of acquiring a 100-story office building.

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Five Star Final (1931)

Five Star Final (1931)

7.2/10 Crime, Drama

The City Editor of a sleazy tabloid goes against his own journalistic ethics to resurrect a twenty year old murder case... with tragic results.

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The Bigamist (1953)

The Bigamist (1953)

6.8/10 Drama

A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit.

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The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

The Bad Sleep Well (1960)

10.0/10 Crime, Drama

Japanese police and a tycoon's (Masayuki Mori) son-in-law (Toshirô Mifune) discover deadly corporate corruption.

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The Hoodlum (1951)

The Hoodlum (1951)

6.3/10 Crime, Drama

Paroled sociopath and career criminal Vincent Lubeck betrays his family's trust when he masterminds a complex armored car robbery.

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Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)

Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)

6.2/10 Crime, Drama

After a failed bank robbery the getaway driver flees to the Devon countryside and the farm of his uncle.

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Desire in the Dust (1960)

Desire in the Dust (1960)

6.1/10 Drama

Lonnie Wilson, the son of a toothless sharecropper, Zuba Wilson, returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for killing Colonel Ben Marquand's son in an automobile accident. He revives his love affair with Melinda Marquand, who is now Mrs. Melinda Thomas, since she married Dr. Ned Thomas, while Lonnie was serving time, in her place, ...Read all

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Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

8.1/10 Drama

Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

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Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

Days of Wine and Roses (1962)

7.9/10 Drama

An alcoholic marries a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.

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Death of a Cyclist (1955)

Death of a Cyclist (1955)

7.7/10 Drama

A couple having an affair strike a bicyclist with their car and do not offer aid out of fear of their relationship being exposed.

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The Fugitive Kind (1960)

The Fugitive Kind (1960)

7.2/10 Drama

Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women.

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Deadline U.S.A. (1952)

Deadline U.S.A. (1952)

7.2/10 Drama

With his newspaper about to be sold, crusading editor Ed Hutcheson tries to complete an exposé on gangster Rienzi.

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Edge of the City (1957)

Edge of the City (1957)

7.2/10 Drama

The growing friendship of two NYC longshoremen is threatened by a notably repellent punk.

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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)

7.0/10 Drama

A brilliant but impoverished writer, who is a pacifist, goes to work for a publisher and writes anti-war editorials. When he discovers that the publisher has betrayed him and is in league with munitions manufacturers to make money off of war, he goes insane.

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Death of a Scoundrel (1956)

Death of a Scoundrel (1956)

6.9/10 Crime, Drama

The New York police investigates the murder of a Czech immigrant whose rags-to-riches story is told by his secretary to homicide detectives.

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