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10 Best Movies Like Les Misérables

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

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#1
Saint Omer

Saint Omer

2022★ 6.2

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

A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues,...

#2
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

2008★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Les Misérables for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, ...

#3
Maldoror

Maldoror

2024★ 6.4

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

When two girls go missing, Paul Chartier, an impulsive young police recruit, is assigned to “Maldoror”. This secret unit has been set up to monitor a dangerous sex offender. When t...

#4
Squad 36

Squad 36

2025★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Les Misérables for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Forced out of his elite unit, a troubled cop launches his own rogue investigation when mysterious killings claim the lives of his former colleagues....

#5
Blood Ties

Blood Ties

2013★ 6.1

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

Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s....

#6
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

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