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10 Best Movies Like Thankless

If you loved Thankless, 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 Thankless 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
Code of Silence

Code of Silence

1985★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thankless 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....

#3
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thankless 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
Gangster No. 1

Gangster No. 1

2000★ 6.4

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

#5
Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire

Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire

2005★ 6.4

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

Walker investigates a murder connected with a missing government weapon. In addition, he tries to track down a teen on the run from a crime syndicate....

#6
In Cold Blood

In Cold Blood

1967★ 7.5

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

After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of thei...

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