Movies Like Legacy
If you liked Legacy (2010), a drama and thriller movie directed by Eromose, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Light It Up (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerOn a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
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The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama and thrillerA troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
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Chatroom (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thrillerWhen strangers Jim, Eva, Emily and Mo meet William online in his new 'Chelsea Teens!' chatroom, they're completely seduced by his fast-talking, charismatic character. But beneath the surface lies a much darker truth…
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Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaHigh-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned…
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Lockdown (2000)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thrillerAvery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and…
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The Operative (2019)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thrillerA young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.
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Rogue Agent (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and dramaConman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
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The Experiment (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and drama20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
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The Good Neighbor (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaA nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and…
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SAS: Red Notice (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thrillerAn off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the…
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The Lords of Discipline (1983)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and thrillerWill arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism…
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Run (1991)
★ 6/10Also thriller and dramaWhen a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
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The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerReclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…
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The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and dramaAfter two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
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The System (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also thrillerWhen a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dangerous prison in order to figure out what is really going on.
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Dangerous (2021)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…
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Above the Rim (1994)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thrillerStory 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.
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The Hummingbird Project (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and dramaA pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.
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Awake (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerWhile undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make…
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A Dry White Season (1989)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and thrillerDuring the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.