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10 Best Movies Like The Shadow

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

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#1
Whoops, I'm an Indian!

Whoops, I'm an Indian!

1936★ 5.3

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

Set in the Old West, the stooges are crooked gamblers swindling the residents of a frontier town. They are discovered and must escape into the woods. To elude the sheriff they disg...

#2
The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

2004★ 6.8

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

Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested ...

#3
Two Evil Eyes

Two Evil Eyes

1990★ 6.1

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

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat....

#4
Sicko

Sicko

2007★ 7.4

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

A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health i...

#5
The Sweet Hereafter

The Sweet Hereafter

1997★ 6.9

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

A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and vi...

#6
Starbuck

Starbuck

2011★ 6.9

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

David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children. He is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force th...