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10 Best Movies Like Abo Dahab

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

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#1
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

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

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

#2
Mob Town

Mob Town

2019★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of the notorious 1957 ‘mob summit’ in upstate New York. Spearheaded by Vito Genovese, more than 50 leaders of the organized crime syndicates from around the...

#3
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

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

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#4
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

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

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

#5
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Abo Dahab for fans of Drama & 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....

#6
True Believer

True Believer

1989★ 6.2

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

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases a...

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