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10 Best Movies Like Public Enemies

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

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#1
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

2009★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Public Enemies for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil....

#2
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2007★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Public Enemies for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovet...

#3
The Tourist

The Tourist

2010★ 6.2

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

American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye....

#4
J. Edgar

J. Edgar

2011★ 6.2

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

As the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that ...

#5
Secret Window

Secret Window

2004★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Public Enemies for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swipe...

#6
American Gangster

American Gangster

2007★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Public Enemies 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...