Movies like On the Waterfront

20 movies like On the Waterfront, ordered by similarity : Edge of the City(1957), On Dangerous Ground(1951), Northwest(2013), Erin Brockovich(2000), The Untouchables(1987), F.I.S.T.(1978), Hell Drivers(1957), Tea in the Harem(1985), The Turning Point(1952), No Questions Asked(1951), Count the Hours(1953), Man in the Vault(1956) ...

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On the Waterfront

An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.

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Edge of the City

Two New York City longshoremen Axel Nordmann, an Army deserter and Tommy Tyler, an easy-going freight car loader whose growing friendship is threatened by Charles Malik, a notably repellent punk.

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On Dangerous Ground

Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.

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Northwest

Casper lives in one of Copenhagen's most impoverished areas and does what it takes to survive. When organized crime moves into the community, Casper digs in to resist being run out.

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Erin Brockovich

An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply.

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The Untouchables

During the era of Prohibition in the United States, Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone and, because of rampant corruption, assembles a small, hand-picked team to help him.

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F.I.S.T.

A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.

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Hell Drivers

A rookie trucker tries to expose his boss' rackets.

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Tea in the Harem

In a depressing concrete Parisian suburb in the seventies two friends are keeping boredom at bay with loitering and petty crime.

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The Turning Point

Jerry McKibbon is a tough, no nonsense reporter, mentoring special prosecutor John Conroy in routing out corrupt officials in the city, which may even include Conroy's own police detective father as a suspect.

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No Questions Asked

An insurance lawyer unhappy with his rate of company advancement becomes a middleman in deals to recover stolen property from the Mob, thus earning a nice living. But his actions attract police attention and set him up for a double-cross.

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Count the Hours

Lawyer defends migrant worker falsely accused of two murders.

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Man in the Vault

A locksmith gets caught up in a bank robbery.

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Antony and Cleopatra

After the murder of her lover Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and slowly leads to a war with the other possible successor: Octavius.

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Angels With Dirty Faces

A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.

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Kid Galahad

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.

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Marked Woman

A crusading district attorney persuades a clip joint hostess to testify against her mobster boss after her innocent sister is accidentally murdered during one of his unsavory parties.

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L.A. Confidential

As corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.

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The Girl Who Had Everything

Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.

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Spotlight

The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

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The Man in the Moon

A coming of age story set in the south of the U.S. when Elvis was King.

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