
Movies that feel likeThe Roaring Twenties (1939)
If you loved The Roaring Twenties, the closest films we have are White Heat (1949), Caliber 9 (1972) and High Sierra (1941). All three share The Roaring Twenties' gritty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Across 110th Street (1972).
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If The Roaring Twenties hit the spot, these will too

Raoul Walsh working the same nerve twice

The same preoccupation in both: gangster
The difference: Easier on the stillness than The Roaring Twenties

Raoul Walsh directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Leans harder into action than The Roaring Twenties does

Gritty where it counts, contemplative underneath

Both lean on tension more than on crime

Common ground: gangster
The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

Drama with a pulse of grit, in both cases

Contemplative thriller in both cases


Drama built on grit, twice over

Thriller built on stillness, twice over

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