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10 Best Movies Like Promise

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

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#1
Captain America: The First Avenger

Captain America: The First Avenger

2011★ 7.0

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

During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adol...

#2
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

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

#3
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

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

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...

#4
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Promise 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
The Truman Show

The Truman Show

1998★ 8.1

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

An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show....

#6
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

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