Movies Like The Sweet and the Bitter

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

GoodFellas

1990·2h 25m·★ 8.7·Martin Scorsese

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

City of God

2002·2h 9m·★ 8.6·Fernando Meirelles

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Scarface

1983·2h 50m·★ 8.3·Brian De Palma

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Lucky Number Slevin

2006·1h 50m·★ 7.7·Paul McGuigan

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

The Godfather Part III

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

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy

2012·2h 9m·★ 7.2·Marco Tullio Giordana

Both star Fabrizio Gifuni & Luigi Lo CascioDrama & Crime

Mean Streets

1973·1h 52m·★ 7.1·Martin Scorsese

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

We Own the Night

2007·1h 58m·★ 6.8·James Gray

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

The Best of Youth

2003·6h 7m·★ 8.4·Marco Tullio Giordana

Both star Luigi Lo Cascio & Fabrizio Gifuni

Snatch

2000·1h 43m·★ 8.2·Guy Ritchie

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The Untouchables

1987·1h 59m·★ 7.8·Brian De Palma

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Out of the Past

1947·1h 37m·★ 7.9·Jacques Tourneur

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The Killing

1956·1h 25m·★ 7.9·Stanley Kubrick

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Lost Highway

1997·2h 14m·★ 7.6·David Lynch

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Human Capital

2013·1h 51m·★ 7.2·Paolo Virzì

Both star Fabrizio Gifuni & Luigi Lo Cascio

Pocketful of Miracles

1961·2h 16m·★ 7.1·Frank Capra

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Eastern Promises

2007·1h 40m·★ 7.6·David Cronenberg

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The Public Enemy

1931·1h 24m·★ 7.6·William A. Wellman

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

Kiss of the Dragon

2001·1h 38m·★ 6.6·Chris Nahon

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Gloria

1980·2h 2m·★ 7.1·John Cassavetes

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How Good Is The Sweet and the Bitter?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.