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10 Best Movies Like Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn

If you loved Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Protector

The Protector

1985★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn for fans of Crime & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man'...

#2
Out of Exile

Out of Exile

2023★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn for fans of Crime & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Recently paroled thief Gabriel Russell tries to balance his life and mend a troubled family as an FBI agent hunts him down, along with his crew after a botched armored car robbery....

#3
Frank and Penelope

Frank and Penelope

2022★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn for fans of Crime. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly...

#4
Empire

Empire

2002★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn for fans of Crime & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this wil...

#5
Wire Room

Wire Room

2022★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn for fans of Crime & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

New recruit Justin Rosa must monitor arms-smuggling cartel member Eddie Flynn — and keep him alive at all costs. When a SWAT team descends on Flynn’s home, Rosa breaks protocol and...

#6
Convict

Convict

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn for fans of Crime & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his f...

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