If you loved Killing Them Softly, try Devil in a Blue Dress
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Devil in a Blue Dress has roughly 5.3× fewer votes than Killing Them Softly — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theysit in Crime / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Killing Them Softly, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Devil in a Blue Dress is
South Central, 1948. A piano riff spills from a darkened club. Easy Rawlins walks streets where every handshake hides a blade, chasing a white woman’s ghost through neon and lies. This is Raymond Chandler by way of the Great Migration, and everyone’s got a price.

