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10 Best Movies Like Five Minutes to Live

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

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#1
Fury

Fury

1936★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five Minutes to Live for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted ki...

#2
Small Time Crooks

Small Time Crooks

2000★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five Minutes to Live for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success....

#3
Heist

Heist

2001★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five Minutes to Live for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Joe Moore has a job he loves. He's a thief. His job goes sour when he gets caught on security camera tape. His fence, Bergman, reneges on the money he's owed, and his wife may be b...

#4
Excess Baggage

Excess Baggage

1997★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five Minutes to Live for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen....

#5
Cash on Demand

Cash on Demand

1961★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five Minutes to Live for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000....

#6
Out of Time

Out of Time

2003★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five Minutes to Live for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few ...

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