
10 Best Movies Like Essential Killing
If you loved Essential Killing, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Bunker
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essential Killing for fans of Thriller & War. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
Trapped in a bunker during World War I, a group of soldiers are faced with an ungodly presence that slowly turns them against each other....

Boudica
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essential Killing for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Inspired by events in A.D. 60, Boudica follows the eponymous Celtic warrior who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband Prasutagus. When he dies at the hands of Roman soldiers...

Lights Out
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essential Killing for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he car...

The Beast
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essential Killing for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During the war in Afghanistan a Soviet tank crew commanded by a tyrannical officer find themselves lost and in a struggle against a band of Mujahadeen guerrillas in the mountains....

Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essential Killing for fans of Thriller & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
During the war in Afghanistan, a local interpreter risks his own life to carry an injured sergeant across miles of grueling terrain....

Point Blank
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Essential Killing for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade....