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10 Best Movies Like It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen

If you loved It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Battle Royale II: Requiem

Battle Royale II: Requiem

2003★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist...

#2
Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №5. Second Bride Emperor

Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №5. Second Bride Emperor

2003★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As a result of a successful conspiracy against Menshikov, Peter II is prematurely recognized as an adult and is in a hurry to be crowned in Moscow. The Dolgoruky brothers gather fo...

#3
Rooster Cogburn

Rooster Cogburn

1975★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hun...

#4
Fantozzi Retires

Fantozzi Retires

1988★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After thirty years in the big corporation, Ugo Fantozzi retires. Suddenly, he needs things to do in everyday life and he tries a number of activities: helping Pina shopping; babysi...

#5
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

Godzilla vs. Megaguirus

2000★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In an alternate timeline the original Godzilla is never defeated and repeatedly reemerges to feed on Japan's energy sources. A new inter-dimensional weapon called the Dimension Tid...

#6
Kill Shot

Kill Shot

2023★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Don't Pay to Be an Honest Citizen for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Posing as hunters, a group of terrorists are in search of $100 million that was stolen and lost in a plane crash en route from Afghanistan....