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10 Best Movies Like The Desperate Trio

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

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#1
Prison on Fire

Prison on Fire

1987★ 7.0

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

Lo Ka Yiu, a young ad designer who is sentenced to jail for manslaughter, has gotten himself in trouble with the corrupted wardens and fellow inmates of Triad background. Chung Tin...

#2
True Believer

True Believer

1989★ 6.2

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

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases a...

#3
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Desperate Trio for fans of Crime & Drama. 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...

#4
State Property

State Property

2002★ 6.4

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

A Philadelphia gang member becomes a drug kingpin and starts a feud with vicious rivals in his quest for the American Dream....

#5
Mystery

Mystery

2012★ 6.5

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

Lu Jie has no idea her husband is leading a double life, until the day she sees him entering a hotel with a young woman. Her world crumbles. A few hours later, the young woman dies...

#6
Ill Manors

Ill Manors

2012★ 6.3

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

Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban...

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