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10 Best Movies Like The Slingshot

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

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#1
Child 44

Child 44

2015★ 6.3

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

Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership....

#2
A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

1971★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Slingshot for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the mu...

#3
Joe the King

Joe the King

1999★ 6.0

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

A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly old...

#4
Grandview, U.S.A.

Grandview, U.S.A.

1984★ 5.8

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

Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to go to Florida to study oceano...

#5
Cop

Cop

1988★ 6.3

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

An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him....

#6
Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America

1984★ 8.4

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

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old li...

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