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10 Best Movies Like Blackmail Is My Life

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

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#1
The Wise Guys

The Wise Guys

1965★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blackmail Is My Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Hector Valentin returns to France from Canada when he inherits a small sawmill. He has difficulties restarting the run-down operation which has inefficient workers and is hampered ...

#2
The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon

1976★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blackmail Is My Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death....

#3
Japan Organized Crime Boss

Japan Organized Crime Boss

1969★ 7.6

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

Coming out of jail and hoping for a quiet life, Yokohama yakuza has to take the lead of his gang after the death of his boss. His small group is is taken in a crossfire between a b...

#4
House of Whipcord

House of Whipcord

1974★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blackmail Is My Life for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Somewhere in the middle of the English countryside a former judge and a group of former prison warders, including his lover, run their own prison for young women who have not been ...

#5
Late Spring

Late Spring

1949★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blackmail Is My Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off ...

#6
Buffalo '66

Buffalo '66

1998★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Blackmail Is My Life for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Billy is released after five years in prison. In the next moment, he kidnaps teenage student Layla and visits his parents with her, pretending she is his girlfriend and they will s...