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10 Best Movies Like Slum-Polis

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

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#1
Dodes'ka-den

Dodes'ka-den

1970★ 7.1

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

On a Tokyo dump’s shantytown edge, interwoven vignettes follow residents scraping by: a boy who “drives” an imaginary trolley, a homeless father and son designing a dream house, a ...

#2
Street of Shame

Street of Shame

1956★ 7.7

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

Follows five sex workers employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation debates the passage of an anti-prostitution law....

#3
The Lower Depths

The Lower Depths

1957★ 7.1

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

Residents of a rundown boardinghouse in 19th-century Japan, including a mysterious old man and an aging actor, get drawn into a love triangle that turns violent. When amoral thief ...

#4
Himizu

Himizu

2012★ 7.0

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

Two 14-year-olds from troubled, abusive homes come together sharing misery and pain. In the aftermath of an earthquake, the classmates learn how to survive while relying on one ano...

#5
Pigs and Battleships

Pigs and Battleships

1961★ 7.1

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

In the city of Yokosuka, Kinta and his lover Haruko, both involved with yakuza, brave the post-occupation period with a goal to be together....

#6
Assassination Classroom

Assassination Classroom

2015★ 7.2

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

A mysterious creature destroys part of the moon and then warns that, if it is not destroyed before March of the following year, Earth will be next. It also demands to become the ho...

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