Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Sleeper

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

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#1
The Preppie Connection

The Preppie Connection

2016★ 6.3

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

A student at a private school uses his connections to establish a drug trafficking network....

#2
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

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

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

#3
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#4
Mob Town

Mob Town

2019★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of the notorious 1957 ‘mob summit’ in upstate New York. Spearheaded by Vito Genovese, more than 50 leaders of the organized crime syndicates from around the...

#5
Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door

1949★ 6.2

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

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court....

#6
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

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