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10 Best Movies Like Deadline

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

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#1
Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral

2007★ 6.9

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

A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death....

#2
The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea

1953★ 6.9

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

At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life misera...

#3
The Third Wave

The Third Wave

2003★ 6.2

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

Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought....

#4
Men in Black

Men in Black

1997★ 7.2

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

After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth...

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#6
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

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

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...