Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Scalpel

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

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#1
True Believer

True Believer

1989★ 6.2

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

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases a...

#2
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

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

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

#3
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

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

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

#4
Panic

Panic

2000★ 6.2

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

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for hi...

#5
American Murderer

American Murderer

2022★ 5.9

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

The True story of how charismatic con man Jason Derek Brown bankrolls his extravagant lifestyle through a series of scams. On Brown’s trail: Lance Leising, a dogged FBI special age...

#6
Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song

Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701's Grudge Song

1973★ 6.1

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

Nami is once again on the run from the law but is saved by an old classmate who works at a strip club. Through a subsequent conversation they discover they both have a score to set...

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