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10 Best Movies Like When We Were Kings

If you loved When We Were Kings, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Factotum

Factotum

2005★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When We Were Kings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere...

#2
Tyson

Tyson

2008★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When We Were Kings for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson--almost solely from the perspective of the man himself. TYSON alternates between the contr...

#3
High School High

High School High

1996★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When We Were Kings for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students into making good grades and t...

#4
Young Yakuza

Young Yakuza

2007★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When We Were Kings for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Meet the Japanese Mafia's latest son: a 20 year old named Naoki, part of a surging, decade-long wave of juvenile delinquency in Japan. As Naoki rejects school, jobs and family, his...

#5
Wide Awake

Wide Awake

1998★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When We Were Kings for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The tale of a ten-year-old boy in a Catholic school who, following the death of his beloved grandfather, embarks on a quest to discover the meaning of life....

#6
The Greatest

The Greatest

1977★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When We Were Kings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic boxing triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of the Army draft and the legal bat...