Movies Like By the Gun

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The Departed

2006·2h 31m·★ 8.5·Martin Scorsese

Themes: mobster, boston, massachusetts, mafiaFans also likedDrama & Thriller & Crime

The Many Saints of Newark

2021·2h·★ 6.2·Alan Taylor

Themes: mobster, gang, mafiaFans also likedCrime & Drama

Donnie Brasco

1997·2h 7m·★ 7.7·Mike Newell

Themes: mobster, mafiaFans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

10th & Wolf

2006·1h 47m·★ 6.2·Bobby Moresco

Themes: mobster, mafiaFans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

The Valachi Papers

1972·2h 5m·★ 6.4·Terence Young

Themes: mobster, mafiaFans also likedCrime & Drama

Pulp Fiction

1994·2h 34m·★ 8.8·Quentin Tarantino

TMDB recommendsStarring Harvey KeitelThriller & Crime

A Bronx Tale

1993·2h 1m·★ 7.8·Robert De Niro

Themes: italian, mafiaDrama & Crime

Road to Perdition

2002·1h 57m·★ 7.6·Sam Mendes

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama & Thriller

The Salton Sea

2002·1h 43m·★ 7.0·D.J. Caruso

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama & Thriller

Baise-moi

2000·1h 17m·★ 4.5·Coralie Trinh Thi

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama & Thriller

On the Waterfront

1954·1h 48m·★ 8.1·Elia Kazan

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Gangs of New York

2002·2h 48m·★ 7.5·Martin Scorsese

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Miracles: The Canton Godfather

1989·2h 6m·★ 6.9·Jackie Chan

Themes: mobster, mafiaCrime & Drama

Shoot 'Em Up

2007·1h 26m·★ 6.6·Michael Davis

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

15 Minutes

2001·2h·★ 6.1·John Herzfeld

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Bangkok Dangerous

2000·1h 45m·★ 6.5·Oxide Pang Chun

TMDB recommendsThriller & Crime

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

1973·1h 42m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Juice

1992·1h 36m·★ 7.0·Ernest R. Dickerson

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Above the Rim

1994·1h 36m·★ 6.6·Jeff Pollack

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Gloria

1980·2h 2m·★ 7.1·John Cassavetes

Fans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

How Good Is By the Gun?

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