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Slander (1957)

3.20 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

In an effort to improve the circulation of his notorious scandal magazine, unscrupulous owner, editor and publisher H. R. Manley spares nobody.

1950s, Editor, Newspaper, Scandal Sheet, Tabloid

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Lawless (1950)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A newspaper editor in a small agricultural town finds himself going against the people in the town when he gets involved in the plight of the area's fruit pickers, who are mostly Mexican.

Similarity: 11.33 (Very Similar)

Editor, Mexican, Newspaper, Small Town, Small Town Newspaper

Similar to Slander (1957)

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

3.45 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart.

Similarity: 10.53 (Very Similar)

Bank Robbery, Editor, Newspaper, Orchestral Music Score, Trial

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Big Clock (1948)

3.80 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A magazine tycoon commits a murder and pins it on an innocent man, who then tries to solve the murder himself.

Similarity: 6.71 (Similar)

Editor, Frame Up, Magazine, Manhunt, Tycoon

Similar to Slander (1957)

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

3.45 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A novelist aided by his future father-in-law conspires to frame himself for the murder of a burlesque dancer as part of an effort to ban capital punishment.

Similarity: 6.37 (Similar)

Capital Punishment, Circumstantial Evidence, Father In Law, Newspaper, Trial

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Shadow on the Window (1957)

3.05 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

Three young thugs rob a farmhouse, kill the owner and take his stenographer hostage but the woman's estranged husband, a police detective, starts investigating her disappearance.

Similarity: 6.18 (Similar)

1950s, Home Invasion, Robbery, Witness To A Murder, Young Thug

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Phenix City Story (1955)

3.60 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

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

Similarity: 5.94 (Similar)

1950s, Gambling, Lawyer, National Film Registry, Southern Gothic, Timeframe 1950s, Lies

Similar to Slander (1957)

Thunder Road (1958)

3.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A veteran comes home from the Korean War to the mountains and takes over the family moonshining business. He has to battle big-city gangsters who are trying to take over the business and the police who are trying to put him in prison

Similarity: 5.93 (Similar)

1950s, Father Son Relationship, Hixploitation, Mother Son Relationship, Southern Gothic

Similar to Slander (1957)

Never Trust a Gambler (1951)

3.15 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A small-time gambler on the run from the law, hides in his ex-wife's house, accidentally kills a drunken detective during a fight and uses his ex-wife as a hostage during the final shootout with the LAPD.

Similarity: 5.83 (Similar)

1950s, Drunken Police Officer, Fear, Retribution, Shootout

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Sniper (1952)

3.55 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A sniper kills young brunettes as the police attempt to grapple with the psychology of the unknown assailant.

Similarity: 5.82 (Similar)

1950s, Long Range Rifle, Obsession, San Francisco California, Serial Murder

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Scarlet Hour

3.45 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist.

Similarity: 5.79 (Similar)

1950s, Armed Robbery, Femme Fatale, Infidelity, Murder

Similar to Slander (1957)

-30- (1963)

3.35 Stars

Drama

A managing editor of a LA newspaper must put together headlines for the next day in a way that'll attract the potential readers, deal with hectic going-ons at the workplace and have a serious talk with his wife about her wish to adop

Similarity: 5.79 (Similar)

Editor, Managing Editor, Newspaper, Psychotronic Film, Sewer

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Raging Tide

3.15 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

After a San Francisco gangster murders a rival criminal, he seeks shelter on a fisherman's boat while the police are man-hunting him and pressuring his girlfriend into betrayal.

Similarity: 5.74 (Similar)

1950s, Fisherman, Killing, Mobster, San Francisco California

Similar to Slander (1957)

A Lady Without Passport (1950)

3.10 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

During the 1950s, an undercover U.S. Immigration investigator travels to Cuba to bust a crime ring that smuggles illegal-aliens into the USA but he falls in-love with a smuggled woman.

Similarity: 5.72 (Similar)

1950s, Based On Novel, Cuba, Immigration, Miami Florida

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Houston Story

3.05 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

In Houston, a man working as an oil driller comes up with a scheme for stealing millions of dollars worth of oil from the fields. He insinuates himself with a local mobster in order to get financing for his scheme.

Similarity: 5.69 (Similar)

Newspaper, Newspaper Headline, Prologue, Scene During Opening Credits, Taxi

Similar to Slander (1957)

Revolt in the Big House (1958)

3.15 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

Gannon is an imprisoned racketeer kingpin who tries to manipulate his young cell mate into staging a riot and prison break, but the cell mate tries to back out when he realizes other inmates may be killed in the process.

Similarity: 5.66 (Similar)

1950s, Cell Mate, Prison Cell, Prison Guard, Warden

Similar to Slander (1957)

Vice Squad (1953)

3.30 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

Police procedural film following a few cases assigned to LAPD captain of detectives Barnie Barnaby.

Similarity: 5.65 (Similar)

1950s, Bank, California, Death, Los Angeles California, Timeframe 1950s

Similar to Slander (1957)

Death in Small Doses (1957)

3.10 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.

Similarity: 5.63 (Similar)

1950s, Amphetamine, Fda, Illegal Drug, Psychotronic Film

Similar to Slander (1957)

Strange Intruder (1956)

2.80 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

When a soldier is killed in action during the Korean War, his best friend returns home to fill his dying wish that he kill his two children if they are being raised by another man.

Similarity: 5.60 (Similar)

1950s, Korean War, Physical Punishment, Pow Camp, Torture

Similar to Slander (1957)

Mister Cory (1957)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A street-smart young man from the Chicago slums dreams of cajoling with the rich and powerful, no matter the cost.

Similarity: 5.54 (Similar)

1950s, Kitchen, Professional Gambler, Slum, Wisconsin

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Fake

3.10 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

On loan to the Tate Gallery in London, Da Vinci's 'Madonna and Child' is stolen and replaced with a fake but the American security expert working for Tate aims to recover the original painting and catch the culprits.

Similarity: 5.51 (Similar)

1950s, Art Gallery, Art Thief, London England, Theft

Similar to Slander (1957)

Cry Vengeance (1954)

3.20 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

Violent ex-cop Vic Barron comes to Ketchikan, Alaska seeking revenge on an old enemy.

Similarity: 5.46 (Similar)

1950s, Disfigured, Frame Up, Murder, Released From Prison, Disfigurement

Similar to Slander (1957)

Storm Fear (1956)

3.20 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

After being wounded by a bullet, bank robber Charlie Blake seeks shelter with his gang at his brother's mountain retreat. There he rekindles his romance with his brother's wife and reconnects with the boy he believes is his son.

Similarity: 5.45 (Similar)

1950s, Bank Robbery, Brother Brother Relationship, Isolated Farmhouse, Snow Storm

Similar to Slander (1957)

Accused of Murder (1956)

2.80 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

Police detective falls for singer, gets involved with gangster killing.

Similarity: 5.43 (Similar)

1950s, Lawyer, Murder, Nightclub Singer, Police Detective

Similar to Slander (1957)

Hell's Five Hours (1958)

2.90 Stars

Crime, Drama, Film-noir

A disgruntled ex-employee of a missile fuel plant plans to commit suicide by blowing himself and the plant up with explosives.

Similarity: 5.43 (Similar)

1950s, Disgruntled Employee, Fired Employee, Foreman, Industrial Plant

Similar to Slander (1957)

Honeydripper (2008)

3.35 Stars

Crime, Drama, History

1950. Rural Alabama. Cotton harvest. It's a make-or-break weekend for the Honeydripper Lounge and its owner, piano player Tyrone "Pine Top" Purvis. Deep in debt to the liquor man, the chicken man, and the landlord, Tyrone is desperat

Similarity: 5.22 (Similar)

1950s, Alabama, Jim Crow, Scene Before Opening Credits, Written And Directed By Cast Member, Timeframe 1950s

Similar to Slander (1957)

Laughing at Trouble (1936)

3.20 Stars

Comedy, Crime, Drama

A man convicted of murder escapes from jail and hides out in the home of a small town newspaper publisher who has befriended him. She knows who the real killer is.

Similarity: 4.76 (Slightly Similar)

Female Editor, Mother Daughter Relationship, Murder, Newspaper, Small Town

Similar to Slander (1957)

Copy (1929)

2.75 Stars

Drama, Short

On a slow news day, the wisecracking staff of a newspaper write articles about the serious safety issues of a local excursion steamboat line.

Similarity: 4.69 (Slightly Similar)

Disaster, Editor, Newspaper, Steamboat, Tragedy

Similar to Slander (1957)

L.A. Confidential (1997)

4.15 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

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.

Similarity: 4.67 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Call Girl, Corruption, Murder, Neo Noir

Similar to Slander (1957)

Stolen Lives (2009)

3.05 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A detective deals with the loss of his own son while trying to uncover the identity of a boy whose mummified remains are found in a box buried for fifty years.

Similarity: 4.62 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Children, Dead Body In A Box, Dead Child, Missing Child, Timeframe 1950s

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Godfather: Part II (1974)

4.50 Stars

Crime, Drama

The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.

Similarity: 4.61 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Corrupt Politician, Cuban Revolution, Lake Tahoe Nevada, Revenge

Similar to Slander (1957)

Big Eyes (2014)

3.50 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

Similarity: 4.53 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Abusive Husband, Habitual Liar, Painting, Secret

Similar to Slander (1957)

Ace in the Hole (1951)

4.05 Stars

Drama, Film-noir

A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.

Similarity: 4.52 (Slightly Similar)

Cave, Media Circus, Media Manipulation, New Mexico, Newspaper

Similar to Slander (1957)

Money 1955: The Emmett Till Murder Trial

2.75 Stars

Crime, Drama, Short

In MONEY 1955, international press descend on a remote Tallahatchie County, Mississippi courthouse and draw the world's attention to the murder trial of two white men accused of the horrific lynching of a 14-year old black boy from C

Similarity: 4.49 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, 20th Century, Number In Title, Year In Title

Similar to Slander (1957)

Human Desire (1954)

3.55 Stars

Drama, Film-noir, Romance

A Korean War vet returns to his job as a railroad engineer and becomes involved in an affair with a co-worker's wife following a murder on a train where they meet.

Similarity: 4.48 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Foreign Language Adaptation, Infidelity, Suspected Adultery, Wife Beater

Similar to Slander (1957)

State of Play (2009)

3.55 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.

Similarity: 4.41 (Slightly Similar)

Congressman, Conspiracy, Newspaper, Political Conspiracy, Print Journalism

Similar to Slander (1957)

Dance with a Stranger (1985)

3.35 Stars

Biography, Crime, Drama

A stormy relationship, complicated by the strictures of 1950s social class and gender roles, ends in death. Based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain.

Similarity: 4.41 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Female Criminal, Love, Murder By Gunshot, True Crime

Similar to Slander (1957)

Wicked Woman (1953)

3.35 Stars

Drama, Film-noir

Drifting floozy Billie Nash gets a bar job where she seduces the owner's husband by convincing him to defraud his drunkard wife in order to elope together to Mexico but a sleazy neighbor with designs on Billie jeopardizes her plans.

Similarity: 4.40 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Bartender, Blonde Vamp, Small Town, Trailways Bus

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Big Operator

3.20 Stars

Crime, Drama

During the 1950s, a corrupt labor union boss and the mob silence all those who witness their shady activities but an honest union member threatens to testify in front of a Senate Committee, thus becoming a murder-target.

Similarity: 4.39 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Mobster, Psychotronic Film, Union Member, Union President

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Family Secret (1951)

3.20 Stars

Crime, Drama

A lawyer faces a difficult decision when his son accidentally kills his best friend with no witnesses present, and a rift develops when his mother and father offer contradictory solutions to their son's dilemma.

Similarity: 4.37 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Friend, Law Student, Lawyer, Tavern

Similar to Slander (1957)

Motherless Brooklyn (2019)

3.40 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1950s New York, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend.

Similarity: 4.30 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Based On Novel, Detective, Jazz Music, Neo Noir, Tourette Syndrome

Similar to Slander (1957)

True Confessions (1981)

3.15 Stars

Crime, Drama

A worldly ambitious monsignor clashes with his older brother, a cynical Los Angeles homicide detective who is investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

Similarity: 4.30 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Irish American, Los Angeles Police Department, Neo Noir, Wraparound Prologue And Epilogue

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Wild One

3.40 Stars

Crime, Drama, Romance

Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.

Similarity: 4.29 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Motorcyclist, Police Officer, Riding A Motorbike, Riding A Motorcycle

Similar to Slander (1957)

Flight to Tangier (1953)

2.65 Stars

Action, Crime, Drama

During the Cold War, a mysterious plane, carrying $3 million, arrives at Tangier airport and various interested parties try to grab the cash.

Similarity: 4.29 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, 3 Dimensional, 3d, Airplane, American Abroad

Similar to Slander (1957)

Mulholland Falls (1996)

3.15 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

In 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.

Similarity: 4.25 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Breasts, Military, Murder, Neo Noir

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Murder Man (1935)

3.40 Stars

Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a crooked businessman is fatally shot, a hotshot New York newspaper reporter specializing in murder stories narrows in on the dead man's associate.

Similarity: 4.25 (Slightly Similar)

Execution, Murder, Newspaper, Police, Reporter

Similar to Slander (1957)

The Intimate Stranger

3.10 Stars

Drama, Film-noir

A married movie studio executive's life starts to unravel when he is stalked by a seductively beautiful woman he claims he does not know.

Similarity: 4.20 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Affair, American In Foreign Country, Film Editor, United Kingdom

Similar to Slander (1957)

Playgirl (1954)

2.85 Stars

Drama, Film-noir

A naive Nebraska girl dreams of success in New York where she immerses herself in the glitzy glamorous life of the nightlife and the nightclubs frequented by rich playboys but murder and manipulative people eventually burst her bubbl

Similarity: 4.20 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Country Girl, Naive Girl, Nebraska, New York City

Similar to Slander (1957)

Malaya (1950)

3.25 Stars

Adventure, Drama, Film-noir, War

Newspaperman Royer convinces government officials of a plan to obtain rubber by smuggling it out from under the Japanese. Carnahan is let out of prison to help.

Similarity: 4.15 (Slightly Similar)

Newspaper, Ocean, Office, Rubber, Taxi, American In Asia, Japanese Occupation, World War Two

Similar to Slander (1957)

Hannibal Rising (2007)

3.05 Stars

Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama

After the death of his parents during World War II, young Hannibal Lecter moves in with his beautiful aunt and begins plotting revenge on the barbarians responsible for his sister's death.

Similarity: 4.10 (Slightly Similar)

1940s, 1950s, Cannibalism, Faked Death, Medical Student

Similar to Slander (1957)

Silmät hämärässä (1952)

2.80 Stars

Crime, Drama, Thriller

A mad writer checks into a hotel. In the window of a opposite building he sees four men and starts to write their life story. Every man is an anonymous person who have done or experienced something irreversible in his life. They end

Similarity: 4.07 (Slightly Similar)

1950s, Author, Black And White, Black And White Film, Imagination