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10 Best Movies Like Whiplash

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

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#1
The Set-Up

The Set-Up

1949★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Whiplash for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter....

#2
The Damned Don't Cry

The Damned Don't Cry

1950★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Whiplash for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob....

#3
Nightfall

Nightfall

1956★ 6.9

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

An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit....

#4
Cry of the City

Cry of the City

1948★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Whiplash for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another cri...

#5
99 River Street

99 River Street

1953★ 6.8

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

A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves....

#6
The Street with No Name

The Street with No Name

1948★ 6.4

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

After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene ...

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