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10 Best Movies Like The Weak Ones

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

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#1
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

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

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in...

#2
Bound by Honor

Bound by Honor

1993★ 8.1

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

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three ar...

#3
Sin Nombre

Sin Nombre

2009★ 7.6

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

Sayra, a Native Honduran teenager, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and th...

#4
The Big Steal

The Big Steal

1949★ 6.6

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

Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turn being cha...

#5
Close Range

Close Range

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Weak Ones for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A rogue soldier turned outlaw is thrust into a relentless fight with a corrupt sheriff, his obedient deputies, and a dangerous drug cartel in order to protect his sister and her yo...

#6
The Substitute

The Substitute

1996★ 6.9

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

When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute...

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