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10 Best Movies Like Criminal Department

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

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#1
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#2
Barron's Cove

Barron's Cove

2025★ 6.6

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

When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerfu...

#3
Plunder Road

Plunder Road

1957★ 6.9

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

A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam....

#4
Phantom Halo

Phantom Halo

2014★ 5.9

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

Two brothers barely scrape by as their father continues to gamble and drink away the money they do bring home. They hatch a plan for a robbery but at what price?...

#5
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#6
Closeness

Closeness

2017★ 6.8

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

1998, Nalchik. A Jewish family is in trouble: the youngest son and his bride do not come home, and in the morning, a ransom note arrives. The ransom is so high that the family is f...

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