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10 Best Movies Like Body and Soul

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

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#1
The Set-Up

The Set-Up

1949★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Body and Soul for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter....

#2
Champion

Champion

1949★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Body and Soul for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up....

#3
The Street with No Name

The Street with No Name

1948★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Body and Soul for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene ...

#4
Pitfall

Pitfall

1948★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Body and Soul for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator....

#5
Force of Evil

Force of Evil

1950★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Body and Soul for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators wh...

#6
The Champ

The Champ

1979★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Body and Soul for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Billy used to be a great boxer, but he's settled into a hardscrabble life that revolves around drinking, training horses, and the one bright spot in his existence — his young son, ...

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