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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
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...

#2
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...

#3
Ill Manors

Ill Manors

2012★ 6.3

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

#4
In the Blood

In the Blood

2014★ 5.8

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

When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible....

#5
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...

#6
John Doe: Vigilante

John Doe: Vigilante

2014★ 6.4

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

When John Doe is convicted of being a vigilante serial killer, a vigilante group named 'Speak for the Dead' emerges in support of John's cause—elevating the debate about justice ve...

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