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10 Best Movies Like Impact

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

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#1
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1991★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Impact for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. 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...

#2
Cop

Cop

1988★ 6.3

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

An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him....

#3
Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story

Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Impact for fans of Action & Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Notorious gangster, Pat Tate, rises through the ranks of Essex's criminal underworld. A prequel to the 'Rise of the Footsoldier' franchise....

#4
The Rookie

The Rookie

1990★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Impact for fans of Action & Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But th...

#5
M

M

1951★ 6.4

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

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods de...

#6
Shaft

Shaft

1971★ 6.4

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

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter....

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