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10 Best Movies Like The Bent Penny

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

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#1
The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019★ 6.7

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

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm....

#2
Thick as Thieves

Thick as Thieves

1999★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bent Penny for fans of Drama & Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jaz...

#3
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

#4
A Crooked Somebody

A Crooked Somebody

2018★ 6.3

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

#5
Panic

Panic

2000★ 6.2

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

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for hi...

#6
Defendor

Defendor

2009★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bent Penny for fans of Drama & Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city's criminal underworld. It's a world that ordinary Arthur Poppington doesn't understand and doesn'...

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