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10 Best Movies Like King of New York

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

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#1
Paid in Full

Paid in Full

2002★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to King of New York for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch, goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants po...

#2
New Jack City

New Jack City

1991★ 6.6

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

A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a...

#3
Carlito's Way

Carlito's Way

1993★ 7.8

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

Free after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld....

#4
Shot Caller

Shot Caller

2017★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to King of New York for fans of Thriller & Crime. 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
'R Xmas

'R Xmas

2001★ 6.2

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

A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas....

#6
Gloria

Gloria

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to King of New York for fans of Thriller & Crime. 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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