Movies Like Maricris Sioson - Japayuki

If you liked Maricris Sioson - Japayuki (1993), a drama and crime movie directed by Joey Romero, 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.

1
London Boulevard (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and crime
A parolee falls for a reclusive movie star while trying to evade a ruthless gangster.
2
Horns (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
3
Insiang (1976)
★ 7/10Also drama
A story about the life of a young girl living with her mother in the slums of Manila, which becomes unbearable when her mother's young boyfriend moves in with them.
4
King Creole (1958)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and crime
Delinquent Danny Fisher flunks out of high school, quits his job as a nightclub busboy, and one night gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at…
5
Manila in the Claws of Light (1975)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
Julio, a young fisherman from a provincial village, descends into social alienation as he arrives in Manila to search for his loved one.
6
Rising Sun (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working…
7
CrissCross (1992)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama
A 12-year-old boy comes of age in 1969 Key West against the backdrop of the Apollo moon landing, when he begins to sell cocaine so his mother can stop stripping.
8
Only God Forgives (2013)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and crime
Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Crystal to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.
9
House of Bamboo (1955)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and drama
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.
10
Hereafter (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
11
Marked Woman (1937)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
12
Wanda (1970)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime
After a string of abusive relationships, Wanda abandons her family and seeks solace in the company of a petty criminal.
13
In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also crime
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
14
Red Corner (1997)
★ 6.3/10Also crime and drama
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
15
Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama
The story of former Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffin's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
16
Too Late (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime
Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.
17
Mulholland Falls (1996)
★ 6/10Also drama and crime
In 1950s Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
18
The United States of Leland (2003)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl…
19
Run (1991)
★ 6/10Also drama and crime
When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
20
Maximum Risk (1996)
★ 5.8/10Also crime
Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New York City and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend…