6 Best Vince Barnett Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 8, 2026

Vince Barnett brought scrappy, streetwise energy to Hollywood across five decades and became a familiar face in gangster pictures and screwball comedies alike. Scarface and All Quiet on the Western Front are early highlights, Horse Feathers wins a football game through absurd chaos, After the Thin Man investigates a murder in a wife’s own family, and The Killers and Brute Force round out the list.

Brute Force (1947)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A hardened inmate plots an elaborate breakout against a sadistic, power-obsessed prison captain.

Directed by Jules Dassin · 1h 38m

Where to watch

Stream: HBO Max Amazon Channel, FlixFling, HBO Max, Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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The Killers (1946)

TMDB ★ 7.4

Ava Gardner appears as an insurance investigator uncovers the doomed romance behind a former boxer's murder by hitmen.

Directed by Robert Siodmak · 1h 43m

Where to watch

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

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After the Thin Man (1936)

TMDB ★ 7.3

A wisecracking detective couple investigates a murder tangled up in a rich family's scandalous secrets.

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · 1h 52m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Horse Feathers (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.9

A college president's scheme to win the big football game involves recruiting ringers from the local speakeasy.

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod · 1h 08m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Scarface (1932)

TMDB ★ 7.4

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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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

TMDB ★ 7.8

A group of German schoolboys loses its patriotic enthusiasm to the reality of the trenches.

Directed by Lewis Milestone · 2h 13m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

▶ Trailer Letterboxd

Streaming availability data from JustWatch, via TMDB. Availability changes often, so check the service before you plan a movie night.

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 Vince Barnett Movies

Brute Force (1947)

The Killers (1946)

After the Thin Man (1936)

Horse Feathers (1932)

Scarface (1932)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

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