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10 Best Movies Like The Red Lotus

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

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#1
True Believer

True Believer

1989★ 6.2

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

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases a...

#2
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

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

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

#3
American Murderer

American Murderer

2022★ 5.9

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

#4
Blindfire

Blindfire

2020★ 6.7

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

A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repe...

#5
Bimmer

Bimmer

2003★ 6.2

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

A black BMW, a symbol of luxury, is racing along the night streets of Moscow in the 90s. Bad luck turns four friends into criminals and they have no way back. Only the black “bimme...

#6
Empire

Empire

2002★ 6.1

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

Big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this wil...

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