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10 Best Movies Like I Was a Criminal

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

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#1
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was a Criminal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War....

#2
All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front

1979★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was a Criminal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At the start of World War I, Paul Baumer is a young German patriot, eager to fight. Indoctrinated with propaganda at school, he and his friends eagerly sign up for the army soon af...

#3
Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

2016★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was a Criminal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives....

#4
The Most Hated Woman in America

The Most Hated Woman in America

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was a Criminal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise....

#5
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was a Criminal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#6
Nuremberg

Nuremberg

2025★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was a Criminal for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In postwar Germany, an American psychiatrist must determine whether Nazi prisoners are fit to go on trial for war crimes, and finds himself in a complex battle of intellect and eth...

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