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10 Best Movies Like Dangerous Years

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

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21

2008★ 6.7

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

Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns...

#2
Johnny Eager

Johnny Eager

1941★ 6.1

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

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love....

#3
Flesh and Bone

Flesh and Bone

1993★ 6.0

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

Haunted by memories of his father murdering a family, Arlis Sweeney prefers to keep to himself, focusing his energy on his work. One day, the traumatic past that eats away at him r...

#4
Hard Eight

Hard Eight

1997★ 6.8

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

A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular....

#5
A Bronx Tale

A Bronx Tale

1993★ 7.9

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

Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is t...

#6
The Place Beyond the Pines

The Place Beyond the Pines

2013★ 7.0

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

A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician....

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