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10 Best Movies Like XX: Beautiful Beast

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

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#1
Fudoh: The New Generation

Fudoh: The New Generation

1996★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to XX: Beautiful Beast for fans of Crime & Action & Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In order to settle a business dispute, a mob leader murders one of his own teenage sons. The surviving son vows to avenge his brother's death, and organizes his own gang of teenage...

#2
Rainy Dog

Rainy Dog

1997★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to XX: Beautiful Beast for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him....

#3
Branded to Kill

Branded to Kill

1967★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to XX: Beautiful Beast for fans of Crime & Action & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin....

#4
American Yakuza

American Yakuza

1993★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to XX: Beautiful Beast for fans of Crime & Action & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When Nick Davis leaves prison after one year in solitairy, he is hired to operate a forklift in a warehouse in the harbor owned by the Japanese Yakuza patriarch Isshin Tendo. The p...

#5
Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter

1966★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to XX: Beautiful Beast for fans of Crime & Action & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tets...

#6
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

2002★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to XX: Beautiful Beast for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems....

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