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10 Best Movies Like Paid in Full

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

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#1
Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005★ 6.8

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

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music....

#2
New Jack City

New Jack City

1991★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paid in Full for fans of Crime & Drama. 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
American Gangster

American Gangster

2007★ 7.6

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

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from...

#4
Fresh

Fresh

1994★ 7.2

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

Death and violence anger twelve year old drug courier Fresh, who sets his rival employers against each other....

#5
Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood

1991★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paid in Full for fans of Crime & Drama. 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 ...

#6
Bound by Honor

Bound by Honor

1993★ 8.1

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

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three ar...

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