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10 Best Movies Like Cry Chicago

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

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#1
A Man of Reason

A Man of Reason

2023★ 6.7

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

After spending a decade in prison, a hitman learns that he has a daughter and just wants a chance at a normal life. But his former mob boss wants him back at any cost, sending merc...

#2
Rumble Fish

Rumble Fish

1983★ 7.0

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

Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare....

#3
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cry Chicago 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...

#4
Mob Town

Mob Town

2019★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cry Chicago 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...

#5
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.0

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

#6
The Inner Cage

The Inner Cage

2021★ 7.1

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

A prison drama where an old mobster and a prison guard must find a way to coexist so that imprisonment can become less so, and perhaps reveal the paradox that is behind the very co...