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10 Best Movies Like Lanka

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

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#1
The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum

1966★ 5.9

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

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigat...

#2
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

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

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

#3
Kumbalangi Nights

Kumbalangi Nights

2019★ 8.0

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

Four brothers living in the fishing hamlet of Kumbalangi share a love-hate relationship with each other. Their relationship progresses when Saji, Boney and Franky decide to help Bo...

#4
House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo

1955★ 6.2

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

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals....

#5
Each Dawn I Die

Each Dawn I Die

1939★ 6.8

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

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in ord...

#6
Framed

Framed

1947★ 6.4

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

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend...

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