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10 Best Movies Like Independence Night

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

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#1
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

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

#2
Sunflower

Sunflower

2006★ 7.0

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

Tae-sik gets out of a prison after spending 10 years for killing a man and wishes nothing but an ordinary life. A local lady welcomes him into her household like a son and he gets ...

#3
Ill Manors

Ill Manors

2012★ 6.3

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

Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban...

#4
Cruel Winter Blues

Cruel Winter Blues

2006★ 6.8

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

A gangster's quest for revenge is sidetracked by an encounter with his target's mother in this deeply-felt hybrid of a crime thriller and a family drama....

#5
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

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

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

#6
Mob Town

Mob Town

2019★ 6.4

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

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