Movies like Dearest Beloved
If Dearest Beloved's mix of prison, drug trafficking and black and white stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Dearest Beloved's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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GoodFellas
1990 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 145 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: prison, drug trafficking
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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White Heat
1949 · Directed by Raoul Walsh · 114 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: prison
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
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Brute Force
1947 · Directed by Jules Dassin · 98 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: black and white
Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's…
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Traffic
2000 · Directed by Steven Soderbergh · 147 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: drug trafficking
An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated…
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White Oleander
2002 · Directed by Peter Kosminsky · 109 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: prison
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
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The Mustang
2019 · Directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre · 96 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: prison
While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an…
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Layer Cake
2004 · Directed by Matthew Vaughn · 105 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: drug trafficking
When 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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He Got Game
1998 · Directed by Spike Lee · 136 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: prison
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
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Out of the Furnace
2013 · Directed by Scott Cooper · 116 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: prison
Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.