If You Liked Drugstore Cowboy, Watch These Next
Finished Drugstore Cowboy (1989) and want more of the same? These 19 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Drugstore Cowboy, most of them are drama, crime.
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19 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Requiem for a Dream(2000)
8.0CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
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2.Trainspotting(1996)
8.0DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Heroin addict Mark Renton stumbles through bad ideas and sobriety attempts with his unreliable friends --Sick Boy, Begbie, Spud and Tommy. He also has an underage girlfriend, Diane, along for the ride. After cleaning up and moving from Edinburgh to London, Mark finds he can't escape the life he left behind as Begbie…
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3.Wonderland(2003)
6.1CrimeMysteryDramaAlso crime and drama
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes.
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4.Small Engine Repair(2021)
6.1CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
The seemingly casual reunion of three old friends at an out-of-the-way repair shop masks a hidden agenda fuelled by the arrival of a privileged young yuppie.
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5.Rise of the Footsoldier(2007)
6.3ActionCrimeThrillerAlso crime
Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.
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6.Killing Zoe(1993)
6.2ActionCrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and…
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7.Reservoir Dogs(1992)
8.1CrimeThrillerAlso crime
A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.
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8.Menace II Society(1993)
7.5DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
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9.Dead Presidents(1995)
6.7CrimeDramaActionAlso crime and drama
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. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist -- a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!
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10.Switchblade Sisters(1975)
6.3ActionCrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
The leader of an inner city girl gang is challenged when a new girl moves into the neighborhood.
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12.D.O.A.(1949)
6.9MysteryThrillerCrimeAlso crime
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to…
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13.The Salton Sea(2002)
6.6CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and…
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14.The Protector(1985)
5.9ActionCrimeAlso crime
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug…
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15.Sweet Sixteen(2002)
7.0CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
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17.One False Move(1992)
6.7CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
Following a series of drug deals and murders, three criminals -- Fantasia, Ray Malcolm and Pluto -- travel from Los Angeles to Houston, finally arriving in a small Arkansas town to go into hiding. Two detectives from the LAPD, who are already on the case, contact the town's sheriff, Dale Dixon, to alert him of the…
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18.Cape Fear(1991)
7.3DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have…
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19.Year of the Dragon(1985)
6.8ActionCrimeThrillerAlso crime
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively…
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