Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Guilty

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

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#1
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

2024★ 7.6

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

Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain ...

#2
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1991★ 7.3

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

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public d...

#3
Monster

Monster

2021★ 6.5

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

The story of Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder....

#4
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1962★ 7.5

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

Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever ...

#5
Just Mercy

Just Mercy

2019★ 7.9

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

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sent...

#6
The Onion Field

The Onion Field

1979★ 6.0

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

An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted b...

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