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10 Best Movies Like The Public Enemy

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

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#1
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Public Enemy 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...

#2
Legend

Legend

2015★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Public Enemy for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want...

#3
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Public Enemy 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...

#4
Kick-Ass

Kick-Ass

2010★ 7.1

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

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do s...

#5
American Gangster

American Gangster

2007★ 7.6

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

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from...

#6
Blue Story

Blue Story

2019★ 7.3

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

Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to s...

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