Movies like Bitter Rice: 20 to watch next
If you loved Bitter Rice (1949) — a drama and crime film directed by Giuseppe De Santis — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Bitter Rice most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like suicide and thief. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Wanda 1970★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Crime
After a string of abusive relationships, Wanda abandons her family and seeks solace in the company of a petty criminal.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Day of the Owl 1968★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Crime
Set in Sicily, this violent crime drama tells the tale of an Italian cop who heads to a small island town to look into the death of a construction supplier. Once there he is shocked by the influence the Mafia has over the people and even himself.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nostalgia 2022★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Crime
Felice returns to his native Rione Sanità in Naples to look after his dying mother, having lived abroad for the last forty years. Here he discovers that his old friend Oreste has become a notorious crimeboss.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Piranhas 2019★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Crime
A gang of teenage boys stalk the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding – until they decide to be the bosses themselves.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Belly 1998★ 6.4
Shares: Crime, Drama
Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in on them and new players are looking for a come up, will their reign last?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Play Dirty 2025★ 6.6
Shares: Crime, Drama
Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world's richest man.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Above the Rim 1994★ 7.1
Shares: Crime, Drama
Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now employed as a security guard.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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One Hundred Days in Palermo 1984★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Crime
In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo and take on the Mafia. Dalla Chiesa approaches the job with the same focus and methods he used in hunting down the Red Brigade.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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I Am Elizabeth Smart 2017★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Crime
The story of Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping and captivity, as told from her perspective.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sexy Beast 2001★ 7.0
Shares: Crime, Drama
Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading Gal to return to London for one last big job.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The United States of Leland 2003★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Another Day in Paradise 1998★ 6.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and murder.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Light Sleeper 1992★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Crime
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something more acute — and dangerous — when he re-encounters an old flame while a string of seemingly drug-related murders rocks the city.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Protector 1985★ 5.9
Shares: 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 kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
Stream in India on Tencent Video
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Lucky Luciano 1973★ 6.4
Shares: Crime, Drama
Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins becoming one of the chief of the Mafia. The US Army seems to refrain from interfering.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Unforgivable 2021★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Crime
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Heist 88 2023★ 6.6
Shares: Crime, Drama
A criminal mastermind recruits a group of young bank employees to steal 80 million dollars in one of the largest bank heist in US history.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Òlòtūré 2019★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Crime
In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ruthless traders and pimps, Òlòtūré finds warmth and friendship with Blessing, Linda and Beauty, the prostitutes she lives with. However, she gets drawn into their lifestyle and finds it difficult to cope. In her quest to uncover the truth, she pays the ultimate price - one that takes her to the verge of no return.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Siberian Education 2013★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Crime
The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The only law it obeys… is its own. Against this backdrop two best friends, Kolyma and Gagarin, gradually become fierce enemies as they find themselves on opposite sides of the strict code of honour of the ‘honest criminal’ brotherhood.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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In the Blood 2014★ 5.8
Shares: Crime
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now