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10 Best Movies Like Gangs

If you loved Gangs, 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 Gangs for fans of Crime. 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
Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood

1991★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gangs for fans of Crime. 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 ...

#3
Menace II Society

Menace II Society

1993★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gangs for fans of Drama. 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
Death Wish 3

Death Wish 3

1985★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gangs for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neigh...

#5
Colors

Colors

1988★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gangs for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members ...

#6
Juice

Juice

1992★ 7.2

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

Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group...

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