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10 Best Movies Like Crime and Punishment

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

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#1
Marlowe

Marlowe

1969★ 6.1

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

Mysterious Orfamay Quest hires Los Angeles private investigator Philip Marlowe to find her missing brother. Though the job seems simple enough, it leads Marlowe into the underbelly...

#2
Ill Manors

Ill Manors

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crime and Punishment 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...

#3
River's Edge

River's Edge

1986★ 6.5

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

A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, each must decide whether to turn...

#4
Fargo

Fargo

1996★ 7.8

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

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty...

#5
The Rookie

The Rookie

1990★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Crime and Punishment for fans of Crime & Drama. 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...

#6
State Property

State Property

2002★ 6.4

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

A Philadelphia gang member becomes a drug kingpin and starts a feud with vicious rivals in his quest for the American Dream....

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