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10 Best Movies Like The Don Is Dead

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

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#1
State Property

State Property

2002★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Don Is Dead 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....

#2
The Outfit

The Outfit

1973★ 6.8

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

A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to di...

#3
Al Capone

Al Capone

1959★ 6.6

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

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago...

#4
Little Odessa

Little Odessa

1994★ 6.5

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

Long separated from his family, hitman Joshua returns to Brighton Beach for a contract killing for the Russian Mafia. His abusive father, Arkady, banned him from returning after Jo...

#5
God Is a Bullet

God Is a Bullet

2023★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Don Is Dead for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the ...

#6
Gotti

Gotti

1996★ 6.5

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

John Gotti, the head of a small New York mafia crew breaks a few of the old family rules. He rises to become the head of the Gambino family and the most well-known mafia boss in Am...

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