Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Genocide

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

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#1
Larva

Larva

2005★ 4.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Genocide for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In Host, Missouri, the newcomer Dr. of Veterinary Science Eli Rudkus is called by the farmer Jacob Long to exam one of his cows. The veterinarian finds a strange parasite in the an...

#2
Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

1988★ 8.4

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

In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with t...

#3
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#4
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

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

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp...

#5
1917

1917

2019★ 8.0

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

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers....

#6
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

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

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...