Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

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
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Les Misérables for fans of Drama & Crime. 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
Case 137

Case 137

2025★ 7.0

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

Stéphanie, a police officer working for Internal Affairs, is assigned to a case involving a young man severely wounded during a tense and chaotic demonstration in Paris. While she ...

#3
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

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

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

#4
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Les Misérables 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...

#5
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

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

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

#6
Pasha

Pasha

1968★ 6.7

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

Six months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigat...

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