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10 Best Movies Like Thanks for the Tears

If you loved Thanks for the Tears, 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 Thanks for the Tears for fans of Crime & Drama. 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
Rainy Dog

Rainy Dog

1997★ 6.7

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

A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him....

#3
Violent Saturday

Violent Saturday

1955★ 6.8

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

Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly....

#4
Agitator

Agitator

2001★ 6.4

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

When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub, it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon, inter-family retaliation follows, resulting in t...

#5
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima

1973★ 7.3

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

Repeatedly beat to a pulp by gamblers, cops, and gangsters, lone wolf Shoji Yamanaka finally finds a home as a Muraoka family hitman and falls in love with boss Muraoka's niece. Me...

#6
In the Soup

In the Soup

1992★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thanks for the Tears for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film....

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