Movies like Light Sleeper
If Light Sleeper's mix of drug dealer, suicide and redemption stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Light Sleeper's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Heaven Knows What
2015 · Directed by Josh Safdie · 97 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: drug dealer, suicide · Also drama and crime
A 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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Taxi Driver
1976 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 114 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: drug dealer · Also crime and drama
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
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Pulp Fiction
1994 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 154 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: drug dealer, redemption · From the same decade (1990s)
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper.
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The Unforgivable
2021 · Directed by Nora Fingscheidt · 112 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: redemption · Also drama and crime
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
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25th Hour
2002 · Directed by Spike Lee · 135 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: drug dealer · Also crime and drama
On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.
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Mean Streets
1973 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 112 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: redemption · Also drama and crime
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
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Bad Lieutenant
1992 · Directed by Abel Ferrara · 96 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: drug dealer · Also crime and drama · From the same decade (1990s)
While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
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New Jack City
1991 · Directed by Mario Van Peebles · 101 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: drug dealer · Also crime and drama · From the same decade (1990s)
A 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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Dead Presidents
1995 · Directed by Albert Hughes · 119 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: redemption · Also crime and drama · From the same decade (1990s)
On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime.
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RocknRolla
2008 · Directed by Guy Ritchie · 114 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: drug dealer
When a Russian mobster sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London's criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune.
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GoodFellas
1990 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 145 min8.4
Why you'll like itAlso drama and crime · From the same decade (1990s)
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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Once Upon a Time in America
1984 · Directed by Sergio Leone · 139 min8.4
Why you'll like itAlso drama and crime
A 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.