
10 Best Movies Like The Public Pays
If you loved The Public Pays, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Mob Town
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Public Pays for fans of Crime & Drama. 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...

The Yakuza
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Public Pays for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
When George Tanner does business with high-ranking Yakuza Tono, Tono kidnaps his daughter, and George summons his old friend, private eye Harry Kilmer, to Japan to investigate....

Ill Manors
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Public Pays for fans of Crime & 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...

Bullets or Ballots
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Public Pays for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his eff...

American Murderer
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Public Pays for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The True story of how charismatic con man Jason Derek Brown bankrolls his extravagant lifestyle through a series of scams. On Brown’s trail: Lance Leising, a dogged FBI special age...

Primal Fear
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Public Pays for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering th...