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10 Best Movies Like Paradise Express

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

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#1
Absolution

Absolution

2024★ 5.9

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

An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and r...

#2
Al Capone

Al Capone

1959★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paradise Express for fans of Crime & Action & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago...

#3
The Commuter

The Commuter

2018★ 6.4

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

A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him....

#4
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paradise Express 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...

#5
Ironheart

Ironheart

1992★ 5.8

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

An L.A. cop goes after a gang of murderous drug dealers....

#6
Hoodlum

Hoodlum

1997★ 6.4

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

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bump...

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