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10 Best Movies Like Counterplot

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

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#1
True Believer

True Believer

1989★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Counterplot 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...

#2
American Skin

American Skin

2019★ 7.1

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

A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing...

#3
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Counterplot 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...

#4
Faster

Faster

2010★ 6.4

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

After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother....

#5
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

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

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

#6
The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

1953★ 6.5

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

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspe...

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