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10 Best Movies Like Dirty

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

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#1
Dark Blue

Dark Blue

2002★ 6.2

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

Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics....

#2
Bound by Honor

Bound by Honor

1993★ 8.1

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

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three ar...

#3
Menace II Society

Menace II Society

1993★ 7.5

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

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life....

#4
Shot Caller

Shot Caller

2017★ 7.0

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

A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California....

#5
Tango & Cash

Tango & Cash

1989★ 6.5

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

Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income they have caused him, plots an ...

#6
Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood

1991★ 7.6

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

In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's ...

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