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10 Best Movies Like By the Law

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

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#1
Freaks

Freaks

1932★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the Law for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance....

#2
Little Buddha

Little Buddha

1993★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the Law for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After the death of Lama Dorje, Tibetan Buddhist monks find three children — one American and two Nepalese — who may be the rebirth of their great teacher....

#3
Strike

Strike

1925★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the Law for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression....

#4
Nostalgia

Nostalgia

2022★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the Law for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Felice returns to his native Rione Sanità in Naples to look after his dying mother, having lived abroad for the last forty years. Here he discovers that his old friend Oreste has b...

#5
The Warriors

The Warriors

1979★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the Law for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island ...

#6
Metropolis

Metropolis

1927★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the Law for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their difference...