Movies Like Hell Up In Harlem

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

Black Caesar

1973·1h 35m·★ 6.4·Larry Cohen

Tommy Gibbs Collection5 shared cast incl. Fred Williamson & Gloria Hendry2 shared crew

It's Alive

1974·1h 31m·★ 5.8·Larry Cohen

2 shared crewDir. Larry CohenDP: Fenton Hamilton

It Lives Again

1978·1h 31m·★ 5.2·Larry Cohen

2 shared crewDir. Larry CohenDP: Fenton Hamilton

Shaft's Big Score!

1972·1h 45m·★ 6.1·Gordon Parks

TMDB recommendsAction & Crime & Thriller & DramaStarring Julius Harris

Miller's Crossing

1990·1h 55m·★ 7.7·Joel Coen

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller & Crime

The Godfather Part III

1990·2h 42m·★ 7.5·Francis Ford Coppola

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama & Thriller

Scarface

1932·1h 33m·★ 7.7·Howard Hawks

TMDB recommendsCrime & Action & Drama

In Order of Disappearance

2014·1h 55m·★ 7.1·Hans Petter Moland

TMDB recommendsThriller & Action & Crime

Shaft

1971·1h 40m·★ 6.6·Gordon Parks

TMDB recommendsAction & Crime & Thriller

Shaft in Africa

1973·1h 52m·★ 5.9·John Guillermin

TMDB recommendsAction & Crime & Drama

Bucktown

1975·1h 34m·★ 6.2·Arthur Marks

Both star Fred Williamson & Tony KingAction & Crime & Drama

Once Upon a Time in America

1984·3h 49m·★ 8.3·Sergio Leone

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

The Killing

1956·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

American Gangster

2007·2h 37m·★ 7.8·Ridley Scott

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Mean Streets

1973·1h 52m·★ 7.2·Martin Scorsese

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995·1h 56m·★ 6.7·Gary Fleder

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

The Legend of Nigger Charley

1972·1h 38m·★ 5.9·Martin G. Goldman

Both star Fred Williamson & D'Urville MartinAction & Crime

De Dominee

2004·1h 50m·★ 6.7·Gerrard Verhage

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Original Gangstas

1996·1h 39m·★ 5.7·Larry Cohen

Action & Drama & Crime & ThrillerStarring Fred WilliamsonDir. Larry Cohen

Hammer

1972·1h 32m·★ 5.6·Bruce D. Clark

Both star Fred Williamson & D'Urville MartinAction & Drama

How Good Is Hell Up In Harlem?

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