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10 Best Movies Like Atonement

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

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#1
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

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

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in...

#2
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

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

#3
The Detective

The Detective

1968★ 5.9

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

Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man....

#4
The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum

1966★ 5.9

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

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigat...

#5
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

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

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

#6
Suburbicon

Suburbicon

2017★ 5.9

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

In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasio...

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