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10 Best Movies Like The Man in the Box

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

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#1
Mob Town

Mob Town

2019★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of the notorious 1957 ‘mob summit’ in upstate New York. Spearheaded by Vito Genovese, more than 50 leaders of the organized crime syndicates from around the...

#2
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

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

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

#3
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

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

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

#4
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man in the Box for fans of Drama & Crime. 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...

#5
Violent Saturday

Violent Saturday

1955★ 6.8

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

Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly....

#6
Face

Face

1997★ 6.2

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

Ray is an aging ex-socialist who has become a bankrobber after seeing the demise of socialism in 1980s Britain. Teaming up with a gang of other has-beenish crims, he commits one ba...

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