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10 Best Movies Like Samson

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

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#1
The Champ

The Champ

1979★ 7.0

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

Billy used to be a great boxer, but he's settled into a hardscrabble life that revolves around drinking, training horses, and the one bright spot in his existence — his young son, ...

#2
The Set-Up

The Set-Up

1949★ 7.3

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

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter....

#3
Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

1990★ 6.1

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

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Caprice's united mob....

#4
Absolution

Absolution

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Samson for fans of 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...

#5
Run All Night

Run All Night

2015★ 6.4

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

Brooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon has seen better days. Longtime best friend of a mob boss, Jimmy is haunted by the sins of his past—as well as a dogged police det...

#6
Gangster No. 1

Gangster No. 1

2000★ 6.4

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

An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a...

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