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10 Best Movies Like How to Kill a Judge

If you loved How to Kill a Judge, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Who Killed the Electric Car?

Who Killed the Electric Car?

2006★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Kill a Judge for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust, and ran without gasoline... Ten years later, these cars were des...

#2
A Thorn in the Heart

A Thorn in the Heart

1986★ 3.7

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

Guido, a young idler with a gambling problem falls in love with Caterina a mysterious girl. A torrid affair follows thereafter. When Caterina leaves him Guido investigates her past...

#3
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

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

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begi...

#4
The Purge

The Purge

2013★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Kill a Judge for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a fa...

#5
Moonlight

Moonlight

2016★ 7.4

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

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of fallin...

#6
The Animatrix

The Animatrix

2003★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Kill a Judge for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Straight from the creators of the groundbreaking Matrix trilogy, this collection of short animated films from the world's leading anime directors fuses computer graphics and Japane...