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10 Best Movies Like Bad Times Ahead

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

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#1
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bad Times Ahead 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...

#2
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bad Times Ahead 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...

#3
American Murderer

American Murderer

2022★ 5.9

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

The True story of how charismatic con man Jason Derek Brown bankrolls his extravagant lifestyle through a series of scams. On Brown’s trail: Lance Leising, a dogged FBI special age...

#4
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

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

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

#5
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bad Times Ahead 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...

#6
True Believer

True Believer

1989★ 6.2

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