Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Number One

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

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#1
The Big Fake

The Big Fake

2025★ 6.6

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

Toni Chichiarelli arrives in Rome with the dream of becoming a painter, but his talent leads him elsewhere — from art galleries to state secrets. Between art, crime, and power, his...

#2
Don't Be Bad

Don't Be Bad

2015★ 7.8

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

A story set in the 90s and in the outskirts of Rome to Ostia. A world where money, luxury cars, night clubs, cocaine and synthetic drugs are easy to run. A world in which Vittorio ...

#3
Boys Cry

Boys Cry

2018★ 7.0

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

Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with occasional odd...

#4
The Italian Connection

The Italian Connection

1972★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Number One for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When a shipment of heroin disappears between Italy and New York, a small-time pimp in Milan is framed for the theft. Two professional hitmen are dispatched from New York to find hi...

#5
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

1970★ 8.2

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

Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and t...

#6
Salvatore Giuliano

Salvatore Giuliano

1962★ 7.5

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

Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend...

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