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10 Best Movies Like Compulsion

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

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#1
Branded to Kill

Branded to Kill

1967★ 7.2

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

After botching his latest assignment, a third-ranked Japanese hit man becomes the target of another assassin....

#2
Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Labour's Lost

2000★ 5.5

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

A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thw...

#3
Sayonara

Sayonara

1957★ 6.7

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

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounded because a number o...

#4
Sanky Panky

Sanky Panky

2007★ 7.6

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

In the Dominican Republic, Genaro works in a small family store and lives with his mother in a poor neighborhood. She is learning a few words in English and dreams of being a Sanky...

#5
The Last Days of Disco

The Last Days of Disco

1998★ 6.2

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

Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York....

#6
The Music Man

The Music Man

1962★ 7.1

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

Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' bandleader to raise money before he can skip town....