6 Best George Raft Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 27, 2026

George Raft brought cool, understated menace to gangster films, and his real-life underworld connections gave his performances an unsettling authenticity. Scarface made his name, Each Dawn I Die pairs a framed journalist with a hardened gangster in prison, They Drive by Night puts two trucking brothers on dangerous roads, Manpower splits two power-line workers over one woman, and Some Like It Hot sends two musicians into hiding in an all-female band. Bolero rounds out the list.

Some Like It Hot (1959)

IMDb ★ 8.2 RT 95% Metacritic 98

Two musicians disguise themselves as women to escape the mob after witnessing a gangland killing.

Directed by Billy Wilder · 2h 03m

Won 1 Oscar11 wins & 13 nominations

Where to watch

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Manpower (1941)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Two friends working a dangerous power-line repair job are driven apart by the same woman.

Directed by Raoul Walsh · 1h 44m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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They Drive by Night (1940)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Two trucking brothers face danger on the road and a dangerous woman's obsessive scheming.

Directed by Raoul Walsh · 1h 35m · Rated NR

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Each Dawn I Die (1939)

TMDB ★ 7.2

A framed journalist forms an unlikely alliance with a hardened gangster while both serve time in prison.

Directed by William Keighley · 1h 32m · Rated NR

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Bolero (1934)

TMDB ★ 6.0

An ambitious dancer claws his way to nightclub stardom while treating everyone around him as disposable.

Directed by Wesley Ruggles · 1h 25m · Rated NR

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Scarface (1932)

TMDB ★ 7.7

A ruthless, ambitious gangster claws his way to the top of Prohibition-era Chicago's criminal world.

Directed by Howard Hawks · 1h 33m

Where to watch

Stream: Brew · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Brew, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best George Raft Movies

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Manpower (1941)

They Drive by Night (1940)

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Bolero (1934)

Scarface (1932)

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