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10 Best Movies Like Just a Drill

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

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#1
The Desperate Hour

The Desperate Hour

2022★ 6.0

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

A woman desperately races to save her child after police place her hometown on lockdown due to an active shooter incident....

#2
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.6

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

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

#3
Hello Herman

Hello Herman

2013★ 5.8

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

Set in the not so distant future, in Any Town USA, sixteen-years-old Herman Howards makes a fateful decision. He enters his suburban school and kills thirty nine students, two teac...

#4
One Eight Seven

One Eight Seven

1997★ 6.7

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

After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher....

#5
Elephant

Elephant

2003★ 7.0

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

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent....

#6
The Life Before Her Eyes

The Life Before Her Eyes

2007★ 6.1

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

As the 15th anniversary of a fatal high school shooting approaches, former pupil Diana McFee is haunted by memories of the tragedy. After losing her best friend Maureen in the atta...

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