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10 Best Movies Like The Last Samurai

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

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#1
Collateral

Collateral

2004★ 7.2

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

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin....

#2
Minority Report

Minority Report

2002★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Last Samurai for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigat...

#3
The Patriot

The Patriot

2000★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Last Samurai for fans of Drama & Action & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But wh...

#4
The Last of the Mohicans

The Last of the Mohicans

1992★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Last Samurai for fans of Action & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party a...

#5
Kingdom of Heaven

Kingdom of Heaven

2005★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Last Samurai for fans of Drama & Action & War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades....

#6
Austin Powers in Goldmember

Austin Powers in Goldmember

2002★ 6.0

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

The world's most shagadelic spy continues his fight against Dr. Evil. This time, the diabolical doctor and his clone, Mini-Me, team up with a new foe—'70s kingpin Goldmember. While...