Movies like The Dead Pool
If The Dead Pool's mix of prison, police and hitman stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Dead Pool's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Dirty Harry
1971 · Directed by Don Siegel · 102 min7.5
Why you'll like itWith Clint Eastwood · Shares: police, detective, neo-noir · Also action and crime
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
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GoodFellas
1990 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 145 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: prison, gangster, mafia · Also drama and crime
The 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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Se7en
1995 · Directed by David Fincher · 127 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: police, detective, neo-noir · Also crime and thriller
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the…
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Léon: The Professional
1994 · Directed by Luc Besson · 111 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: hitman, gangster, neo-noir · Also crime and drama
Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda.
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The Departed
2006 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 151 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: police, gangster, mafia · Also drama and thriller
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise.
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The Big Heat
1953 · Directed by Fritz Lang · 89 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: police, gangster · Also crime and thriller
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
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Sexy Beast
2001 · Directed by Jonathan Glazer · 89 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: gangster, neo-noir · Also crime and thriller
Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading…
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Avengement
2019 · Directed by Jesse V. Johnson · 88 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: prison, gangster · Also crime and action
While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.
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Polar
2019 · Directed by Jonas Åkerlund · 118 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: hitman, neo-noir · Also action and crime
When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.
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Gangster No. 1
2000 · Directed by Paul McGuigan · 103 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: prison, gangster · Also action and drama
An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately…
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Faster
2010 · Directed by George Tillman Jr. · 98 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: police, hitman · Also crime and drama
After 10 years in prison, Driver is now a free man with a single focus - hunting down the people responsible for brutally murdering his brother.
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Death Warrant
1990 · Directed by Deran Sarafian · 89 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: prison, fight · Also action and crime
Canadian policeman Louis Burke is assigned in a jail to investigate the murders of prisoners and jailors. While there, Louis, using his outstanding martial arts skills, is able to save his life and make himself…