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10 Best Movies Like The Hangman

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

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#1
Joe Kidd

Joe Kidd

1972★ 6.4

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

A band of Mexicans find their U. S. land claims denied and all the records destroyed in a courthouse fire. Their leader, Louis Chama, encourages them to use force to regain their l...

#2
Sisters

Sisters

2021★ 4.9

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

For thirty years, French-Algerian sisters Zorah, Nohra and Djamila have been living in the hope of finding their brother Rheda, abducted by their father, and hidden in newly decolo...

#3
The Outside Man

The Outside Man

1972★ 6.2

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

A French hit man is hired by a crime family to end the life of a rival mobster, but things fall apart when the boss who hired him is killed....

#4
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

1988★ 6.2

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

Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece....

#5
Taxidermia

Taxidermia

2006★ 6.6

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

Set over three generations and beginning with a sexually frustrated orderly during WWII who relieves his tensions in the most outlandish, gross ways. The result of his liaison is a...

#6
Vermiglio

Vermiglio

2024★ 7.1

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

In the last days of the Second World War, a deserting soldier disrupts a tranquil and isolated mountain community. For one family, his arrival brings excitement and romance, but tr...