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10 Best Movies Like A Bittersweet Life

If you loved A Bittersweet Life, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Rookie

The Rookie

1990★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bittersweet Life for fans of Action & Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But th...

#2
Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story

Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bittersweet Life for fans of Action & Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Notorious gangster, Pat Tate, rises through the ranks of Essex's criminal underworld. A prequel to the 'Rise of the Footsoldier' franchise....

#3
Al Capone

Al Capone

1959★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bittersweet Life for fans of Action & Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago...

#4
Convict

Convict

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bittersweet Life for fans of Action & Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his f...

#5
War

War

2007★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bittersweet Life for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some...

#6
In the Blood

In the Blood

2014★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bittersweet Life for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible....

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