Top 10 awesome movies like The Yards that you will enjoy watching

You just finished watching The Yards and you can't get over how good this movie was. Now you want to watch more of such masterpieces. We have curated a list of similar movies which are created by the likes of James Gray, Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix . Here goes the list -

Mona Lisa

Naked Tango

No Mercy

Homeboy

Someone to Watch Over Me

Lonely Hearts

Higher Learning

Water for Elephants

Heaven

Kings

Mona Lisa
A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.
This movie, created by Neil Jordan, Bob Hoskins and Cathy Tyson, scores 7.3 on IMDb.
Genres - Crime | Romance | Drama
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Naked Tango
When a young European woman assumes a false identity in 1920s Argentina, she gets more than she bargained for.
This movie, created by Leonard Schrader, Vincent DOnofrio and Mathilda May, scores 6.1 on IMDb.
Genres - Romance | Crime | Drama

No Mercy
A Chicago detective, seeking to avenge his partner's death, travels to New Orleans, where he unexpectedly becomes involved in a cat and mouse game of survival.
This movie, created by Richard Pearce, Richard Gere and Kim Basinger, scores 5.7 on IMDb.
Genres - Crime | Romance | Drama

You can watch this on Vudu, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Fandangonow, Microsoft Store, Youtube and Directv.
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Homeboy
A simple self-destructive drifter and tough small-time boxer with a brain injury that could kill him meets and falls for a cute beach carnival owner, Ruby, but also befriends a sleazy friendly criminal, Wesley, who's planing a big score.
This movie, created by Michael Seresin, Mickey Rourke and Christopher Walken, scores 5.9 on IMDb.
Genres - Crime | Romance | Drama

You can watch this on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi Tv and Hoopla.
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Someone to Watch Over Me
A married New York cop falls for the socialite murder witness he's been assigned to protect.
This movie, created by Ridley Scott, Tom Berenger and Mimi Rogers, scores 6.1 on IMDb.
Genres - Crime | Romance | Drama

You can watch this on Fandangonow, Amazon Video, Vudu and Apple Itunes.
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Lonely Hearts
Based on the true story, two homicide detectives track Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, a murderous pair known as the "Lonely Hearts Killers" who lured their victims through the personals.
This movie, created by Todd Robinson, John Travolta and James Gandolfini, scores 6.4 on IMDb.
Genres - Crime | Romance | Drama
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Higher Learning
People from all different walks of life, encounter racial tension, rape, responsibility, and the meaning of an education on a university campus.
This movie, created by John Singleton, Omar Epps and Kristy Swanson, scores 6.5 on IMDb.
Genres - Crime | Romance | Drama
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Water for Elephants
Set in the 1930s, a former veterinary student takes a job in a traveling circus and falls in love with the ringmaster's wife.
This movie, created by Francis Lawrence, Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson, scores 6.9 on IMDb.
Genres - Romance | Drama

You can watch this on Youtube, Redbox, Directv, Fandangonow, Microsoft Store, Vudu, Apple Itunes, Google Play Movies and Amazon Video.
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Heaven
A woman takes the law into her own hands after police ignore her pleas to arrest the man responsible for her husband's death, and finds herself not only under arrest for murder but falling in love with an officer.
This movie, created by Tom Tykwer, Cate Blanchett and Giovanni Ribisi, scores 7.0 on IMDb.
Genres - Crime | Romance | Drama
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Kings
The life of a foster family in South Central Los Angeles, a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial.
This movie, created by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Halle Berry and Daniel Craig, scores 5.0 on IMDb.
Genres - Romance | Crime | Drama

You can watch this on Netflix.
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