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10 Best Movies Like Behind the Green Lights

If you loved Behind the Green Lights, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the Green Lights for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in...

#2
McQ

McQ

1974★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the Green Lights for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs....

#3
I.D.

I.D.

1995★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the Green Lights for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Four policemen go undercover and infiltrate a gang of football hooligans hoping to route out their leaders. For one of the four, the line between 'job' and 'yob' becomes more uncle...

#4
Cry of the City

Cry of the City

1948★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the Green Lights for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another cri...

#5
True Believer

True Believer

1989★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the Green Lights for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases a...

#6
Ill Manors

Ill Manors

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the Green Lights for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban...

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