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10 Best Movies Like Hammerhead

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

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#1
Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith

1966★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hammerhead for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken i...

#2
Attack from Space

Attack from Space

1965★ 4.8

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

The superhero Starman is sent by the Emerald Planet to protect Earth from belligerent aliens from the Sapphire Galaxy. The Sapphireans (or "Spherions") kidnap Dr. Yamanaka and forc...

#3
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hammerhead 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...

#4
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hammerhead 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...

#5
Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick

2022★ 8.2

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

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself trainin...

#6
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

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

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...