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10 Best Movies Like Penitentiary Brothers

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

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#1
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penitentiary Brothers 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...

#2
Al Capone

Al Capone

1959★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penitentiary Brothers for fans of Crime. 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
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penitentiary Brothers for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the F...

#4
Find Me Guilty

Find Me Guilty

2006★ 6.6

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

Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history....

#5
Code of Silence

Code of Silence

1985★ 5.9

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

A Chicago cop is caught in the middle of a gang war while his own comrades shun him because he wants to take an irresponsible cop down....

#6
Absolution

Absolution

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Penitentiary Brothers for fans of Crime. 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...

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