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10 Best Movies Like The Crying Game

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

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#1
In the Land of Saints and Sinners

In the Land of Saints and Sinners

2023★ 6.5

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

In a remote Irish village, a damaged Finbar is forced to fight for redemption after a lifetime of sins, but what price is he willing to pay? In the land of saints and sinners, some...

#2
Baltimore

Baltimore

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Crying Game for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on actual events that took place on 26 April 1974, former debutante turned IRA member Rose Dugdale and three comrades carried out an armed raid on Russborough House, Wicklow,...

#3
The Boxer

The Boxer

1997★ 6.7

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

Nineteen-year-old Danny Flynn is imprisoned for his involvement with the I.R.A. in Belfast. He leaves behind his family and his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Maggie Hamill. Fourteen...

#4
A Prayer for the Dying

A Prayer for the Dying

1987★ 5.8

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

Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their ...

#5
Bad Boys

Bad Boys

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Crying Game for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick ...

#6
Five Minutes of Heaven

Five Minutes of Heaven

2009★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Crying Game for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of former Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffin's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the ...

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