Movies Like We Sell It Because It Sells
If you liked We Sell It Because It Sells (1969), a drama and crime movie directed by Kazunari Takeda, 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 Eel (1997)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crimeA businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.
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True Believer (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaEddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet…
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Siberian Education (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crimeThe 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 only law it obeys… is its own. Against…
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The Enforcer (2022)
★ 7/10Also crime and dramaA noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to…
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Belly (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and dramaTommy 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 on them and new players are looking…
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Winged Creatures (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and dramaA psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an…
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No One Would Tell (1996)
★ 7/10Also drama and crimeShy sixteen-year-old Stacy Collins can't believe that the most popular guy in school, an attractive athlete named Bobby Tennison, is interested in her. At first she is flattered by his constant attention, but then he…
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Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song (1973)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaNami is once again on the run from the law but is saved by an old classmate who works at a strip club. Through a subsequent conversation they discover they both have a score to settle with a particular crooked cop…
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Panic (2000)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and dramaAlex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful…
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A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and dramaMartin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.
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Fast Charlie (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and dramaWhen his aging mob boss is whacked, Charlie Swift, a loyal friend and hired gun, will stop at nothing to destroy the upcoming crew that took him out.
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One Night in Bangkok (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and dramaA hit man named Kai flies into Bangkok, gets a gun, and orders a cab. He offers a professional female driver big money to be his all-night driver. But when she realizes Kai is committing brutal murders at each stop…
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The Substitute (1996)
★ 7/10Also crime and dramaWhen an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…
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Crimes of Passion (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and dramaFashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…
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The Parts You Lose (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and crimeAn unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
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I Am All Girls (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and crimeA special crimes investigator forms an unlikely bond with a serial killer to bring down a global child sex trafficking syndicate.
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They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and crimeA police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
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The Rookie (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also crime and dramaVeteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…
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Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also crimeCarlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.
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Rogue Agent (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaConman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.