Movies Like Dheepan (2015)

Dheepan is a 2015 crime, drama film from Jacques Audiard with a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Crew and The Punisher: Dirty Laundry.

Crime Drama

The Crew

2016

One of the members of a gang of thieves commits a serious mistake that force them to work for a ruthless gang of drug dealers, endangering the future of the team, their lives and those of their families.

6.2

MagicScore

The Punisher: Dirty Laundry

2012

In a bad neighborhood, on his way to a laundromat to do his laundry, Frank Castle witnesses a ruthless street gang harassing several people.

7.1

MagicScore

Kannathil Muthamittal

2002

A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.

7.6

MagicScore

We're the Millers

2013

A veteran pot dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a huge shipment of weed into the U.S. from Mexico.

6.8

MagicScore

Madras Cafe

2013

An Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.

6.6

MagicScore

The Windermere Children

2020

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.

7.4

MagicScore

The Other Side of Hope

2017

A restaurateur befriends a Syrian refugee who has recently arrived in Finland.

6.9

MagicScore

4 Days in May

2011

Germany, Baltic Sea coast, May 1945, a few days before the end of World War II. A small Soviet patrol arrives at an isolated house where an elderly baroness gives shelter to a group of orphan girls and a boy who is determined to continue the fight.

6.1

MagicScore

Flee

2021

Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.

7.7

MagicScore

#10

Mobile Suit Gundam I

1981

In the year Universal Century 0079, humans have colonized the area of space lying in between the Earth and the moon. However, the ambitious Zabi family, rulers of the Duchy of Zeon, the grouping of colonies furthest from the earth, has sparked a war.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

Joker

2019

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

8.1

MagicScore

#12

Trainspotting

1996

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 and Sick Boy come knocking.

8.0

MagicScore

#13

Shoplifters

2018

In the outskirts of Tokyo, a poor but close-knit group living on the fringes of society survives through shoplifting and odd jobs. When Osamu and his son take in a neglected young girl, their already fragile existence begins to unravel. As the family grows attached to her, buried secrets surface, forcing them to confront the true meaning of love, belonging, and what makes a family.

7.8

MagicScore

#14

The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime

2014

This incredibly disturbing story follows the exploitation of an apprentice butcher, Hermógenes, and his trial after he murders his boss in broad daylight. Hermógenes, a farmhand from northern Argentina, relocates to Buenos Aires in search of a better life for himself and his young wife, but soon finds himself at the mercy of a corrupt boss. The film is based on a thorough investigation of a real event that happened in Buenos Aires 10 years ago. Almost every scene in the film is inspired by real facts or based on well documented daily practices of the “meat business” and its environment. Both a shocking exposé of unscrupulous practices in the meat industry and a heart-wrenching personal story, El Patrón became one of the most successful Argentine films of 2014.

7.6

MagicScore

#15

T2 Trainspotting

2017

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie.

6.9

MagicScore

#16

Lorna's Silence

2008

Lorna is a young Albanian woman in a marriage of convenience with Claudy, a heroin addict. Just as Lorna is about to be granted Belgian citizenship, Claudy finds the strength to detox; this presents a problem not only for Lorna, but for the criminal who brokered the deal.

6.8

MagicScore

#17

RRR

2022

A fictional history of two legendary revolutionaries' journey away from home before they began fighting for their country in the 1920s.

7.7

MagicScore

#18

Out of the Darkness

2022

This Danish movie "Out of The Darkness" ( in Danish 'De Forbandede år 2' ) is a continuation of the popular WW II drama "Into The Darkness" ( in Danish 'De forbandede år' ) and it portraits the Danish Resistance movements fight. This movie takes place after 1943 where the official politic of 'corporation' comes to an end, and the Danish Resistance movement is gaining traction. The movie follows the Skov family from 1943 to the end of WWII. The growing opposition to the occupation and the increased brutality of the Germans have fatal consequences for the family.

7.1

MagicScore

#19

Two Autumns in Paris

2019

A striking political activist and refugee from Paraguay escapes to Paris and falls in love with a rich law student changing their lives forever. The beauty of their love is challenged by a fervent devotion to fighting for a cause. "Two Autumns in Paris" has won more than 130 awards and was the most awarded Venezuelan film of 2020. A historic examination of class, refugees, and political rebellion that subtly speaks in parallel to the world today. Its turbulent romance set with the background of the 'City of Love'.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

Indian

1996

Senapathy, an ex-freedom fighter, is angry. He is angry against the rampant corruption at every level of the bureaucracy. He will clean it up at any cost.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Dheepan?

The top films similar to Dheepan by MovieMagicScore are The Crew (6.2), The Punisher: Dirty Laundry (7.1), Kannathil Muthamittal (7.6). Each shares crime/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Dheepan worth watching?

Dheepan holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.8/10 from 498 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Dheepan?

Dheepan (2015) is a crime, drama film directed by Jacques Audiard, starring Antonythasan Jesuthasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby.

Where can I find more recommendations like Dheepan?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more crime recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Dheepan

This ranked list pairs Dheepan (2015), a crime and drama film from Jacques Audiard, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Antonythasan Jesuthasan take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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