Movies like The Racket
If The Racket's mix of corruption, election campaign and cop-killer stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Racket's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Night of the Hunter
1955 · Directed by Charles Laughton · 93 min7.9
Why you'll like itWith Robert Mitchum · Shares: film noir · Also crime and thriller · From the same decade (1950s)
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
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In the Heat of the Night
1967 · Directed by Norman Jewison · 109 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: police chief, police station · Also crime and thriller
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi.
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State of Play
2009 · Directed by Kevin Macdonald · 127 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: corruption, election campaign · Also thriller and crime
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
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The Batman
2022 · Directed by Matt Reeves · 177 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: political corruption · Also crime and thriller
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
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Léon: The Professional
1994 · Directed by Luc Besson · 111 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: corruption, gangster
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda.
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Patriots Day
2016 · Directed by Peter Berg · 133 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: police chief · Also crime and thriller
In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the Boston Marathon bombers…
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Premium Rush
2012 · Directed by David Koepp · 91 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: corruption · Also crime and thriller
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
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Little Caesar
1931 · Directed by Mervyn LeRoy · 78 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: gangster
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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Find Me Guilty
2006 · Directed by Sidney Lumet · 125 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: gangster
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.