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10 Best Movies Like When the City Awakes

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

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#1
Vendetta

Vendetta

2022★ 6.1

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

When his daughter is murdered, William Duncan takes the law into his own hands, setting out on a quest for retribution. After killing the street thug responsible for her death, he ...

#2
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the City Awakes 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...

#3
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the City Awakes 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...

#4
Absolution

Absolution

2024★ 5.9

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

An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and r...

#5
Overdrive

Overdrive

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the City Awakes for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line....

#6
Borsalino and Co.

Borsalino and Co.

1974★ 6.4

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

Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man."...

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