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10 Best Movies Like Body and Soul

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

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#1
The Set-Up

The Set-Up

1949★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Body and Soul for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter....

#2
Champion

Champion

1949★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Body and Soul for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up....

#3
Pitfall

Pitfall

1948★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Body and Soul for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator....

#4
Force of Evil

Force of Evil

1950★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Body and Soul for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators wh...

#5
Tyson

Tyson

1995★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Body and Soul for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the undisputed title of "Heavyweight Champion of the World", and ultimately to his c...

#6
The Big Knife

The Big Knife

1955★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Body and Soul for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Movie star Charlie Castle draws the ire of Hollywood producer Stanley Hoff when he refuses to sign a new seven-year contract. Castle is sick of the low quality of the studio's film...

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