Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like I Loved a Bookie

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

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#1
True Believer

True Believer

1989★ 6.2

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

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases a...

#2
492: A Man Called Death

492: A Man Called Death

2017★ 7.0

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

The story of Júlio Santana, a professional killer who was responsible for almost 500 hundred murders in Brazil....

#3
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

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

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

#4
Mob Town

Mob Town

2019★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Loved a Bookie 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
Last Stop 174

Last Stop 174

2008★ 7.2

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

Sandro was a boy who loved to sing rap, to kiss, to stare the statue of Christ the Redeemer and dreamed to go visit Copacabana. Growing up on streets, the story culminates at the i...

#6
The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019★ 6.7

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

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm....

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