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10 Best Movies Like 5th Borough

If you loved 5th Borough, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5th Borough for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the F...

#2
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5th Borough for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#3
The Specialist

The Specialist

1994★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5th Borough for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

May Munro is a woman obsessed with getting revenge on the people who murdered her parents when she was still a girl. She hires Ray Quick, a retired explosives expert, to kill her p...

#4
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5th Borough for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

#5
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

2025★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5th Borough for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by n...

#6
Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

1977★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5th Borough for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation....

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