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10 Best Movies Like The Elegant Criminal

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

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#1
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#2
My Brother the Devil

My Brother the Devil

2012★ 6.4

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

Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older broth...

#3
Élisa

Élisa

1995★ 6.4

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

Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Par...

#4
Dossier 51

Dossier 51

1978★ 6.5

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

A French diplomat is surveilled by a secret service to find a weakness for political control, his private life becoming 'File No. 51'....

#5
The Visit

The Visit

1964★ 7.2

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

Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-m...

#6
O.G.

O.G.

2018★ 5.9

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

Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Be...

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