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10 Best Movies Like Sleeping Dogs

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

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#1
In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist

2009★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sleeping Dogs for fans of Mystery & Thriller & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Lt. Dave Robicheaux, a detective in New Iberia, Louisiana, is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie (Baby Feet) Balboni, who is co-producer of a ...

#2
Spellbound

Spellbound

1945★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sleeping Dogs for fans of Mystery & Thriller. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an...

#3
Indemnity

Indemnity

2022★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sleeping Dogs for fans of Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An ex-fireman with PTSD goes on the run when accused of a crime he doesn't even remember committing, leading him down a rabbit hole of conspiracy to the highest degree....

#4
5lbs of Pressure

5lbs of Pressure

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sleeping Dogs for fans of Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Fresh out of prison after serving time for murder, Adam returns to his old stomping grounds to seek out a son who doesn't know him. Eli, the brother of the man he killed is looking...

#5
Insomnia

Insomnia

2002★ 7.0

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

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen....

#6
Bronson

Bronson

2009★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sleeping Dogs for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted ...

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