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10 Best Movies Like Legend

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

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#1
Child 44

Child 44

2015★ 6.3

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

Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership....

#2
Locke

Locke

2014★ 6.9

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

Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his career, Ivan receives a phone c...

#3
Lawless

Lawless

2012★ 7.1

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

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the...

#4
Bronson

Bronson

2009★ 7.0

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

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted ...

#5
Absolutely Anything

Absolutely Anything

2015★ 5.9

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

Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving....

#6
The Walk

The Walk

2015★ 7.0

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

The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974....