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10 Best Movies Like The Beatniks

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

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#1
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#2
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beatniks 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...

#3
Mob Town

Mob Town

2019★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of the notorious 1957 ‘mob summit’ in upstate New York. Spearheaded by Vito Genovese, more than 50 leaders of the organized crime syndicates from around the...

#4
Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema

Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema

2008★ 6.7

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

This South African movie tracks the rise of a once-petty criminal to the heights of the criminal underworld. After cutting his teeth on hijacking, before moving onto bigger game, a...

#5
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beatniks 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...

#6
A Crooked Somebody

A Crooked Somebody

2018★ 6.3

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

An attention-seeking psychic is kidnapped and tries to use the situation to boost his popularity....

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