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10 Best Movies Like State Like Sleep

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

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#1
Brooklyn's Finest

Brooklyn's Finest

2010★ 6.3

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

Enforcing the law within the notoriously rough Brownsville section of the city and especially within the Van Dyke housing projects is the NYPD's sixty-fifth precinct. Three police ...

#2
A Mighty Heart

A Mighty Heart

2007★ 6.4

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

Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death....

#3
Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story

Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to State Like Sleep for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Notorious gangster, Pat Tate, rises through the ranks of Essex's criminal underworld. A prequel to the 'Rise of the Footsoldier' franchise....

#4
Zulu

Zulu

2013★ 6.7

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

As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survive...

#5
Blindfire

Blindfire

2020★ 6.7

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

A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repe...

#6
Ninja

Ninja

2009★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to State Like Sleep for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons o...

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