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10 Best Movies Like The Designated Victim

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

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#1
Death Smiles on a Murderer

Death Smiles on a Murderer

1973★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Designated Victim for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Greta is a beautiful young woman abused by her brother Franz and left to die in childbirth by her illicit lover, the aristocrat Dr. von Ravensbrück. Bereft with grief, Franz reanim...

#2
Sweet Movie

Sweet Movie

1974★ 5.2

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

The winner of the Miss World Virginity contest marries, escapes from her masochistic husband and ends up involved in a world of debauchery....

#3
Almost Human

Almost Human

1974★ 7.0

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

A psychotic small-time criminal realizes that the everyday robberies, rapes and murders he commits aren't profitable enough, so he figures to hit the big time by kidnapping the dau...

#4
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man

Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man

1976★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Designated Victim for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy who are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops and who love to live dangerously....

#5
Videoman

Videoman

2018★ 5.5

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

A VHS collector with a drinking problem finds a valuable movie that could save his terrible economical situation. The film disappears. He suspects it is stolen and starts a hunt af...

#6
Inferno

Inferno

2016★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Designated Victim for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot....