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10 Best Movies Like The Exile

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

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#1
Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records

2008★ 7.1

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

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Ches...

#2
The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers

1980★ 7.7

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

Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised....

#3
Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven

1981★ 6.0

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

During the Great Depression, a sheet music salesman seeks to escape his dreary life through popular music and a love affair with an innocent schoolteacher....

#4
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

2020★ 6.6

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

Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play....

#5
King Creole

King Creole

1958★ 6.4

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

Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the loc...

#6
The Cotton Club

The Cotton Club

1984★ 6.5

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

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide....

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