Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 20, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Boss

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

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#1
Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

2007★ 6.5

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

Former yakuza underling Kazuma Kiryū has recently been released from prison after a lengthy incarceration and is trying to piece his life together and distance himself from his yak...

#2
House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo

1955★ 6.2

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

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals....

#3
Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter

1966★ 7.1

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

After yakuza boss Kurata dissolves his own criminal empire, a rival kingpin offers a position to Kurata's top operative, Tetsuya "Phoenix Tetsu" Hondo. When the fiercely loyal Tets...

#4
Youth of the Beast

Youth of the Beast

1963★ 6.9

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

When a mysterious stranger muscles into two rival yakuza gangs, Tokyo's underworld explodes with violence....

#5
Dead or Alive

Dead or Alive

1999★ 6.4

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

Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down....

#6
Rainy Dog

Rainy Dog

1997★ 6.7

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

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