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10 Best Movies Like Redacted

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

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#1
Blue Steel

Blue Steel

1990★ 5.8

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

Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the assailant's gun from the crime s...

#2
Vexille

Vexille

2007★ 6.7

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

2067: Isolation: Japan seals herself off from the eyes of the world in the face of unilateral international policy setting strict limits on the use of robotic technology. The isla...

#3
Single By Contract

Single By Contract

2010★ 6.9

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

A love connection clicks for Lila when she moves back to Berlin and meets Christopher -- never realizing that she's fallen for a rock star who's signed a contract to remain single ...

#4
Wait for Me in Heaven

Wait for Me in Heaven

1988★ 6.4

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

Pepe Soriano plays a Madrid shopkeeper who is kidnapped by henchmen of Franco in this political comedy. After his kidnapping, he is forced to become the dictator's double for many ...

#5
The House of Looks

The House of Looks

2025★ 7.4

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

20-year-old Marco is remarkably attuned to the suffering of people everywhere. He writes poetry but turns to drugs and drink to achieve “the forgetting”, that unconscious state tha...

#6
Restrepo

Restrepo

2010★ 7.3

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

Directors Hetherington and Junger spend a year with the 2nd Battalion of the United States Army located in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous valleys. The documentary provides ins...