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10 Best Movies Like Election

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

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#1
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

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

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in...

#2
Election 2

Election 2

2006★ 7.4

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

As election time nears, current Triad chairman Lok faces competition from his godsons. At the same time, Jimmy looks to increase his business relations with mainland China....

#3
Al Capone

Al Capone

1959★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Election for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago...

#4
Blood Ties

Blood Ties

2013★ 6.1

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

Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s....

#5
Absolution

Absolution

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Election for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and r...

#6
Gloria

Gloria

1980★ 6.9

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

When a young boy's family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor Gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. In possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run ...

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