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10 Best Movies Like The Merciless

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

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#1
Miss Granny

Miss Granny

2014★ 7.3

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

An unappreciated old granny magically turns 20 years old again and decides to make the most of her newfound youth....

#2
Man of Men

Man of Men

2019★ 6.5

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

The friendship between a lawyer who will do anything to make money and a nursing home volunteer....

#3
Default

Default

2018★ 6.9

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

Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team....

#4
Planetarian: Hoshi no Hito

Planetarian: Hoshi no Hito

2016★ 6.7

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

The film adapts and expands the Planetarian visual novel by Key. The story is set in a dystopian future where biological and nuclear warfare has left a once prosperous civilization...

#5
Rampant

Rampant

2018★ 6.8

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

Ancient Korea, 17th century. While the paranoid King Lee Jo of Joseon, vassal of the Qing dynasty, feels surrounded by conspirators and rebels, a dark evil emerges from the bowels ...

#6
Unstoppable

Unstoppable

2018★ 7.4

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

Dong-chul and Ji-soo are a happily married couple. One day, Dong-chul comes home to find his house in disarray and his wife missing....