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10 Best Movies Like The Day of the Owl

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

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#1
Lucky Luciano

Lucky Luciano

1973★ 6.3

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

Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1...

#2
Mafia Millionaires

Mafia Millionaires

2014★ 6.1

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

The rise and fall of a Neapolitan criminal clan through the story of a boss and his family, divided between the aspiration for a bourgeois life and the deep impulses of oppression....

#3
The Valachi Papers

The Valachi Papers

1972★ 6.5

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

When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts ...

#4
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Day of the Owl for fans of Drama & 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...

#5
The Big Fake

The Big Fake

2025★ 6.6

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

Toni Chichiarelli arrives in Rome with the dream of becoming a painter, but his talent leads him elsewhere — from art galleries to state secrets. Between art, crime, and power, his...

#6
One Hundred Days in Palermo

One Hundred Days in Palermo

1984★ 6.9

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

In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect i...

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