
Movies that feel like Scarface (1932)
If you loved Scarface, the closest films we have are The Big Sleep (1946), High Sierra (1941) and Blast of Silence (1961). All three share Scarface's gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 3 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If Scarface hit the spot, these will too

Howard Hawks working the same nerve twice
The difference: Missing the momentum of Scarface

The same preoccupation in both: film noir

One thread runs through both: murder
The difference: Not nearly as kinetic as Scarface

Both keep coming back to the same thing: gangster

Common ground: film noir

Both are built on the same subject: murder

Both land grit and tension at once

Both are built on the same subject: gangster

The same mix in both: stillness, then atmosphere

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

One thread runs through both: prohibition era

Contemplative drama in both cases
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