Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Intent

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

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#1
Sleepless

Sleepless

2017★ 5.9

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

Undercover Las Vegas police officer Vincent Downs, who has a lot of enemies, is caught in a high stakes web of corrupt cops and the mob-controlled casino underground. When a heist ...

#2
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Intent 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...

#3
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

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

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

#4
In Too Deep

In Too Deep

1999★ 6.5

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

Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop J...

#5
New Jack City

New Jack City

1991★ 6.7

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

A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a...

#6
Beyond the Law

Beyond the Law

1993★ 6.3

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

Dan Saxon is an undercover cop who infiltrates a biker gang to nail the scum behind a drug-smuggling operation. In order to maintain the trust of the gang's leader, he must commit ...

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