Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Cruelty

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

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#1
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

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

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

#2
Bimmer

Bimmer

2003★ 6.2

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

A black BMW, a symbol of luxury, is racing along the night streets of Moscow in the 90s. Bad luck turns four friends into criminals and they have no way back. Only the black “bimme...

#3
Bummer 2

Bummer 2

2006★ 5.9

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

The film takes place a few years after the events shown in Bummer. Kostyan "Kot", who lost all his friends, the woman he loved and was nearly killed in the first installment of the...

#4
The Thief

The Thief

1997★ 7.1

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

Katya and her 6-year-old son Sanya, who, in 1952, meet a veteran Soviet officer named Tolyan. Katya falls in love with Tolyan, who turns out to be a small time criminal, but who al...

#5
The Stoker

The Stoker

2010★ 6.1

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

A shell-shocked Afghanistan war hero named Ivan Skryabin (Mikhail Skryabin) spends his days stoking the fire in a giant coal furnace. When he isn’t tending the flames, he keeps bus...

#6
Mob Town

Mob Town

2019★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of the notorious 1957 ‘mob summit’ in upstate New York. Spearheaded by Vito Genovese, more than 50 leaders of the organized crime syndicates from around the...

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