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10 Best Movies Like 5th Borough

If you loved 5th Borough, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
House of Strangers

House of Strangers

1949★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5th Borough for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's ...

#2
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5th Borough for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#3
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

2025★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5th Borough for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by n...

#4
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5th Borough 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...

#5
Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

2005★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5th Borough for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After Dick Harper loses his job at Globodyne in an Enron-esque collapse, he and his wife, Jane, turn to crime in order to handle the massive debt they now face. Two intelligent peo...

#6
Cry of the City

Cry of the City

1948★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 5th Borough for fans of Crime. 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...

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