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10 Best Movies Like Tough Road

If you loved Tough Road, 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 Tough Road for fans of Drama & Crime. 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
Empire

Empire

2002★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tough Road for fans of Drama & Crime. 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...

#3
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tough Road 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
The Seven-Ups

The Seven-Ups

1973★ 6.3

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

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money....

#5
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tough Road for fans of Drama & Crime. 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...

#6
Mob Town

Mob Town

2019★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tough Road 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...

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