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10 Best Movies Like The Long Goodbye

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

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#1
The Lords of Discipline

The Lords of Discipline

1983★ 6.6

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

Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep a...

#2
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.7

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

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

#3
Skin

Skin

2019★ 6.6

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

In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war tha...

#4
This Is England

This Is England

2007★ 7.5

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

A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends, even ...

#5
Bomb City

Bomb City

2017★ 7.1

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

An ongoing feud between punk rockers and a more affluent clique in a small Texas town leads to a hate crime....

#6
Ill Manors

Ill Manors

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Long Goodbye for fans of 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...

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