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10 Best Movies Like Kingpin

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

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#1
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

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

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

#2
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#3
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

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

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#4
Steve

Steve

2025★ 6.4

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

Over one intense day, the devoted head teacher of a last-chance reform school strives to keep his students in line while facing pressures of his own....

#5
Across the Tracks

Across the Tracks

1991★ 5.9

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

When Billy returns from reform school he has to attend a different high school at the other side of town. He tries to start with a clean slate but his old rival doesn't make it eas...

#6
Coldwater

Coldwater

2013★ 6.4

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

A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmat...

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