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10 Best Movies Like Brainwash

If you loved Brainwash, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown

Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown

2011★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainwash for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Four fighters from different backgrounds come together to train under an ex MMA rising star and then ultimately have to fight each other and the traitor in their midst....

#2
Foxcatcher

Foxcatcher

2014★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainwash for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that ...

#3
No Retreat, No Surrender

No Retreat, No Surrender

1986★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainwash for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The mob is trying to strongarm local martial arts schools, forcing young Jason Stillwell and his family to move after his father is injured defending their dojo. With his father n...

#4
Damage

Damage

2009★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainwash for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely...

#5
Out of the Furnace

Out of the Furnace

2013★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainwash for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the...

#6
Grosse Pointe Blank

Grosse Pointe Blank

1997★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainwash for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Hitman Martin Blank becomes a moving target after he rebuffs a fellow assassin's invitation to form a union. On the advice of his quirky assistant and neurotic psychiatrist, Martin...

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