Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Grind

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

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#1
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.1

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

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#2
Trafficking

Trafficking

2023★ 6.1

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

Fresh out of prison, a former debt collector working for a gangland boss is told he has a terminal brain tumour. In an attempt to atone for his past he rescues a young girl from tr...

#3
The Gambler

The Gambler

2014★ 6.0

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

Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as c...

#4
Rounders

Rounders

1998★ 7.0

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

Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he me...

#5
Five Minutes of Heaven

Five Minutes of Heaven

2009★ 6.1

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

The story of former Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffin's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the ...

#6
Blood Ties

Blood Ties

2013★ 6.1

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

Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s....

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