
Movies that feel like High Sierra (1941)
If you loved High Sierra, the closest films we have are White Heat (1949), The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and Odd Man Out (1947). All three share High Sierra's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Criterion Channel and MUBI and others, checked against today's data.
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If High Sierra hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: Raoul Walsh
The difference: None of the momentum High Sierra is built on

Common ground in both: film noir and life on the run
The difference: Not nearly as kinetic as High Sierra

One thread runs through both: film noir

Common ground: robbery

Both keep coming back to the same thing: prison

Both land grit and stillness at once
The difference: 20 years apart, and the 1960s show

Kinetic where it counts, tense underneath

Crime built on atmosphere, twice over

Both are Raoul Walsh's work, and they rhyme

Gritty drama, and it commits to that

Tense thriller in both cases

Action with a pulse of stillness, in both cases
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