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10 Best Movies Like Brutal

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

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#1
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brutal for fans of Crime. 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
Juice

Juice

1992★ 7.2

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

Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group...

#3
Code of Silence

Code of Silence

1985★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brutal for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down....

#4
The Outfit

The Outfit

1973★ 6.8

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

A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to di...

#5
Gloria

Gloria

1980★ 6.9

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

When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run ...

#6
Absolution

Absolution

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brutal for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and r...

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