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10 Best Movies Like Down by Law

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

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#1
Cut Throat City

Cut Throat City

2020★ 6.4

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

Four boyhood friends return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, to find their home decimated and prospects for work swept away. Turning to a local gangster fo...

#2
Vice Squad

Vice Squad

1982★ 6.2

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

An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp....

#3
Money Talks

Money Talks

1997★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Down by Law for fans of Crime & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection....

#4
Bad Asses on the Bayou

Bad Asses on the Bayou

2015★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Down by Law for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The third installment in the successful Bad Ass action-comedy franchise. Bad Asses on the Bayou reunites the dynamic duo, Frank Vega and Bernie Pope, as they travel to Louisiana to...

#5
Johnny Handsome

Johnny Handsome

1989★ 6.4

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

A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning ...

#6
Animal Factory

Animal Factory

2000★ 6.3

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

Suburbanite Ron is spoiled, young and not overly worried about the marijuana charges leveled against him. But, after being made out to be a drug dealer, he faces a five-year jail s...

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