Movies Like I Am the Law
If you liked I Am the Law (1977), a drama and history movie directed by Pasquale Squitieri, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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The Traitor (2019)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and thrillerPalermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several…
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The Big Fake (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaToni Chichiarelli arrives in Rome with the dream of becoming a painter, but his talent leads him elsewhere — from art galleries to state secrets. Between art, crime, and power, his signature ends up everywhere — even…
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La mossa del cavallo (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and thrillerMontelusa, Sicily, Italy, 1877. Giovanni Bovara, the new chief inspector of the mills, is charged with collecting a severe tax. Sicilian by birth, but Ligurian by adoption, he reasons and speaks as a man of northern…
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Come Into the Light (2005)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and historyIn 1990s Palermo, Pino Puglisi is a priest from the neglected Brancaccio neighborhood dedicated in helping kids to get off the streets and creating an embracing place of hope and solidarity in his church, which means…
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Suburra (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and thrillerA gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.
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One Hundred Steps (2000)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and historyPeppino Impastato is a quick-witted lad growing up in 1970s Sicily. Despite hailing from a family with Mafia ties and living just one hundred steps from the house of local boss Tano Badalamenti, Peppino decides to…
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All the Money in the World (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also history and thrillerThe story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
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Sicilian Letters (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and historyLoosely based on real events that took place during Matteo Messina Denaro's thirty years on the run. A disgraced politician is gifted a second chance when secret services involve him in an operation to root out an…
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Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and historySicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, hoping to crack open…
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The Informer (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and thrillerIn New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the…
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and thrillerRome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and the social order it protects.
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Operation Mincemeat (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also history and dramaIn 1943, two British intelligence officers concoct Operation Mincemeat, wherein their plan to drop a corpse with false papers off the coast of Spain would fool Nazi spies into believing the Allied forces were planning…
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The American (2010)
★ 6/10Also drama and thrillerDispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.
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House of Strangers (1949)
★ 7/10Also drama and thrillerRuthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business…
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Live by Night (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and historyA group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
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The Boss (1973)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and dramaA hitman finds himself embroiled in the middle of a Mafia war between the Sicilians and the Calabrians.
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The Immortal (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerAfter reuniting with his first mentor Bruno and receiving his latest mission, an exiled Ciro is left to fearlessly confront whatever comes his way, navigating a new chapter of gang warfare while grappling with…
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The Devil All the Time (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thrillerIn Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.
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Seeking Justice (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thrillerAfter his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
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1900 (1976)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and historyThe epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.