Movies Like Way Out
If you liked Way Out (1967), a drama movie directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., 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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Heaven Knows What (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaA young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.
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Beautiful Boy (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaAfter he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
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The Baker (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA quiet, stoic man, lives a monk-like existence in self-imposed exile. When his estranged son is killed in a drug deal gone bad, he is left to look after a granddaughter he never knew existed, and he is forced back…
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American Gangster (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaLoosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being…
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Less Than Zero (1987)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaA college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit.
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Requiem for a Dream (2000)
★ 8/10Also dramaThe drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
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The Basketball Diaries (1995)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaA high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
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New Jack City (1991)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaA gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
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Blow (2001)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaThe story of how George Jung, together with the Medellín Cartel led by Pablo Escobar, established the billion-dollar cocaine empire in the United States in the 1970s.
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Kids (1995)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.
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Clockers (1995)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaStrike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the…
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Layer Cake (2004)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaWhen a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
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Light Sleeper (1992)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaJohn LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something…
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Paid in Full (2002)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaAce is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch, goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing…
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Bound by Honor (1993)
★ 8.2/10Also dramaBased on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known…
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
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Carlito's Way (1993)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaFree after years in prison, Carlito Brigante intends to give up his criminal ways, but it's not long before the ex-con is sucked back into the New York City underworld.
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GoodFellas (1990)
★ 8.5/10Also dramaThe true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
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Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaOnce called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls…
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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
★ 8.4/10Also dramaA former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.