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10 Best Movies Like When the City Dies

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

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#1
Across 110th Street

Across 110th Street

1972★ 6.8

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

In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are two New York City cops trying to...

#2
Black Caesar

Black Caesar

1973★ 5.8

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

#3
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the City Dies 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
Foxy Brown

Foxy Brown

1974★ 6.3

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

A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend....

#5
The Substitute

The Substitute

1996★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When the City Dies for fans of Crime. 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...

#6
Corridors of Blood

Corridors of Blood

1963★ 6.2

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

In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton [Boris Karloff] dares to dream the unthinkable: experimenting with anesthesia gases to make surgery pain-free. While doing so, his demonstration ...

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