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10 Best Movies Like Yearning for Love

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

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#1
Al Capone

Al Capone

1959★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Yearning for Love for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago...

#2
Ill Manors

Ill Manors

2012★ 6.3

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

Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban...

#3
In the Blood

In the Blood

2014★ 5.8

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

When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible....

#4
Little Odessa

Little Odessa

1994★ 6.5

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

Long separated from his family, hitman Joshua returns to Brighton Beach for a contract killing for the Russian Mafia. His abusive father, Arkady, banned him from returning after Jo...

#5
State Property

State Property

2002★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Yearning for Love for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A Philadelphia gang member becomes a drug kingpin and starts a feud with vicious rivals in his quest for the American Dream....

#6
The Valachi Papers

The Valachi Papers

1972★ 6.5

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

When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts ...

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