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Movies like Sleepers

Not everyone loves Sleepers for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Sleepers

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like four childhood friends bound for life.

  2. You like a first hour set in the streets of Hell's Kitchen in the sixties.

  3. You like a revenge plot carried out inside a courtroom.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Once Upon a Time in America1984

    • four childhood friends bound for life

    Good for you if you like a boyhood gang growing up into gangsters together.

  • Mystic River2003

      Good for you if you like raw, powerful acting.

    • Oz1997

        Good for you if you can take a prison drama with almost no mercy in it.

      • The Irishman2019

          Good for you if you like a slow, reflective gangster story.

        • The Devil All the Time2020

            Good for you if you can take a dark Southern Gothic story with little hope in it.

          • The Godfather Part II1974

              Good for you if you like a long, patient tragedy.

            • Law Abiding Citizen2009

                Good for you if you like a cat and mouse game between a prosecutor and a prisoner.

              • Carlito's Way1993

                • a revenge plot carried out inside a courtroom

                Good for you if you like the 1970s New York underworld of nightclubs and cocaine.

              • Banana Fish2018

                • four childhood friends bound for life

                Good for you if you like a bond between two boys from opposite worlds.

              • Prisoners2013

                  Good for you if you like being tense for two and a half hours straight.

                • MINDHUNTER2017

                    Good for you if you like tension that comes from people talking across a table.

                  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999

                      Good for you if you like a case a week, from the interrogation room to the courtroom.

                    • Band of Brothers2001

                      • four childhood friends bound for life

                      Good for you if you like soldiers who become brothers, from training in Georgia to the end.

                    • The Last Duel2021

                      • a first hour set in the streets of Hell's Kitchen in the sixties

                      Good for you if you like a real 14th century trial in mud, steel and castles.

                    Reasons taken from Sleepers's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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