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10 Best Movies Like When London Sleeps

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

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#1
The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942★ 6.6

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

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign....

#2
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.7

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

Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the F...

#3
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When London Sleeps for fans of 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...

#4
Black Caesar

Black Caesar

1973★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When London Sleeps for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Raised in Harlem, Tommy Gibbs becomes a successful mob boss but he clashes with the rival Mafia and his old enemy, dirty cop McKinney....

#5
Blue Story

Blue Story

2019★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When London Sleeps for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to s...

#6
Thick as Thieves

Thick as Thieves

1999★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When London Sleeps for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two master thieves go at odds with one another as one sets the other up for a crime. The first, a suave pro who does his job and then hides in his own privacy, listening to old jaz...

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