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10 Best Movies Like Shaft

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

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#1
Shaft in Africa

Shaft in Africa

1973★ 6.0

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

Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring....

#2
Shaft's Big Score!

Shaft's Big Score!

1972★ 6.0

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

John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client....

#3
Angels in the Endzone

Angels in the Endzone

1997★ 5.5

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

The football team Jesse is on is terrible, and after the death of his father Jesse quits the team. Then angels come to help the team get better and nobody can see them but Jesse's ...

#4
The Soviet Story

The Soviet Story

2008★ 7.3

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

“The Soviet Story” is a story of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale. Assisted by the West, this power...

#5
The Private War of Major Benson

The Private War of Major Benson

1955★ 6.6

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

A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of the Army, or take command of and shape up the ROTC program at Sheridan Academy be...

#6
Super Fly

Super Fly

1972★ 6.2

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

Priest, a suave top-rung New York City drug dealer, decides that he wants to get out of his dangerous trade. Working with his reluctant friend, Eddie, Priest devises a scheme that ...