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10 Best Movies Like The Outsiders

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

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#1
Tex

Tex

1982★ 6.1

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

After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick struggle to make it on their own....

#2
Rumble Fish

Rumble Fish

1983★ 7.0

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

Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare....

#3
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.0

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

#4
City of Lies

City of Lies

2018★ 6.4

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

Los Angeles Police Department detective Russell Poole has spent years trying to solve his biggest case -- the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur -- but after two deca...

#5
South Central

South Central

1992★ 6.7

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

During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Up...

#6
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

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

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

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