Movies like By Whose Hand?
If By Whose Hand?'s mix of robbery, slang and prohibition era stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what By Whose Hand?'s fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Shadow of a Doubt
1943 · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 108 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: widow, fugitive, police detective · Also mystery and crime
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…
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Murder on the Orient Express
2017 · Directed by Kenneth Branagh · 114 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: train, stabbing, 1930s · Also mystery and crime
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
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The Usual Suspects
1995 · Directed by Bryan Singer · 106 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: robbery, criminal
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million…
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Drive
2011 · Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn · 100 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: robbery, revenge
Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he's been warming up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio.
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Dark Passage
1947 · Directed by Delmer Daves · 106 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: san francisco, california, prison escape
A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence.
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Murder on the Orient Express
1974 · Directed by Sidney Lumet · 128 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: train, 1930s
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
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The Funeral
1996 · Directed by Abel Ferrara · 99 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: revenge, 1930s
After the funeral of one of their own, a criminal family decides to embark on an emotionally unnerving journey in an attempt to exact bloody revenge.
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Public Enemies
2009 · Directed by Michael Mann · 140 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: prison escape, 1930s
Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger's charm and audacity endear him to much of America's downtrodden public, but he's also a thorn in the side of J. Edgar Hoover and the fledgling FBI.
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The Maltese Falcon
1941 · Directed by John Huston · 100 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: san francisco, california · Also mystery and crime
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
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Big Hero 6
2014 · Directed by Don Hall · 102 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: san francisco, california, revenge
A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.
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White Heat
1949 · Directed by Raoul Walsh · 114 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: train
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
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High Sierra
1941 · Directed by Raoul Walsh · 100 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: robbery
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.