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The Naked City

Movies Like The Naked City (1948)

The Naked City is a 1948 crime, mystery, thriller film from Jules Dassin with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Street with No Name and The House on 92nd Street.

Crime Mystery Thriller

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The Street with No Name

1948

After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a potential victim of the same racket. Soon, Gene meets Alec Stiles, neurotic mastermind who's "building an organization along scientific lines." Stiles recruits Cordell, whose job becomes a lot more dangerous.

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The House on 92nd Street

1945

The US Government tries to track down embedded Nazi agents in the States.

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Green for Danger

1946

In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?

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Against the Law

2017

United Kingdom, March 24, 1954. Ten years before the decriminalization of homosexuality, journalist Peter Wildeblood and his friends Lord Montagu and Michael Pitt-Rivers are convicted and imprisoned for indecency and sodomy.

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Yield to the Night

1956

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

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Downtown

1975

A private eye who's over his head in debt takes on a job snapping photos of his client's rich husband in bed with another woman. But when the husband winds up with three bullet holes that seem to have come from the private eye's own gun, he's got to prove he's not the murderer meanwhile getting tangled deeper in a web of deceit, lies, and steamy night club dancers!

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C-Man

1949

A customs agent follows a jewel smuggler's trail of corpses from Paris to New York.

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The Big Clock

1948

Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.

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Blast of Silence

1961

A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York. But a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer with pet rats get in his way.

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The Window

1949

An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw what they did, and are out to permanently silence him.

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I'm a Killer

2016

Inspired by true events from the 1970s, the story revolves around a young detective who becomes the head of a police unit focused on catching a rampant serial killer of women, nicknamed 'The Silesian Vampire'.

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Zero Tolerance

1999

Johan is a two-fisted Gothenburg cop who finds himself in a shoot-out with jewel robbers. After the smoke has cleared, one robber, shot by his accomplice, and an innocent bystander, are dead. Three witnesses, including Helen, identify thug extraordinaire Leo Gaut as being the dead crook's trigger-happy colleague. Gaut soon threatens the three witnesses, and only Johan, the badge-wearing hero, can save them.

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Scarlet Street

1945

Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.

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The Seventh Victim

1943

After young Mary Gibson discovers that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, she leaves her boarding school and heads to New York City to track down her sibling. But Mary gets drawn deeper into the mystery.

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The Third Wave

2003

Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.

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Spiral: From the Book of Saw

2021

Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.

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The Phenix City Story

1955

A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.

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Yara

2021

The murder of 13-year-old Yara Gambirasio shocks the little town of Brembate di Sopra, Italy. To bring the culprit to justice, prosecutors have only scant DNA evidence and no database to compare them to. Based on a true story.

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Beat the Devil

1953

A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.

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The Other Guys

2010

Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Naked City?

The top films similar to The Naked City by MovieMagicScore are The Street with No Name (6.3), The House on 92nd Street (6.5), Green for Danger (6.7). Each shares crime/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Naked City worth watching?

The Naked City holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 269 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Naked City?

The Naked City (1948) is a crime, mystery, thriller film directed by Jules Dassin, starring Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Naked City?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more crime recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

Keep exploring

Movies like The Street with No Name Movies like The House on 92nd Street Movies like Green for Danger Movies like Against the Law Movies like Yield to the Night Movies like Downtown

About movies like The Naked City

This ranked list pairs The Naked City (1948), a crime and mystery and thriller film from Jules Dassin, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Barry Fitzgerald take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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