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10 Best Movies Like Criminal

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

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#1
Scum

Scum

1977★ 7.3

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

A hard and shocking story of life in a British borstal for young offenders....

#2
The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

2018★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Criminal for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer....

#3
Heathers

Heathers

1989★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Criminal for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids....

#4
It's Kind of a Funny Story

It's Kind of a Funny Story

2010★ 6.9

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

A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward....

#5
The Client

The Client

1994★ 6.7

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

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome s...

#6
No One Would Tell

No One Would Tell

1996★ 6.9

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

Shy sixteen-year-old Stacy Collins can't believe that the most popular guy in school, an attractive athlete named Bobby Tennison, is interested in her. At first she is flattered by...

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