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10 Best Movies Like The Cleanup

If you loved The Cleanup, 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 Cleanup for fans of Crime & Action. 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
Tokyo Drifter

Tokyo Drifter

1966★ 7.1

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

#3
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

2002★ 6.2

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

A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However, his fear of nothing soon causes problems....

#4
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 The Cleanup for fans of Crime & Action. 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...

#5
Graveyard of Honor

Graveyard of Honor

1975★ 6.6

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

A self-destructive man becomes a powerful member of the yakuza but quickly loses his self-control. Based on the true story of Rikio Ishikawa....

#6
Rainy Dog

Rainy Dog

1997★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cleanup 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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