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10 Best Movies Like Unbowed

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

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#1
The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

1993★ 6.6

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

A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed....

#2
Just Cause

Just Cause

1995★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Unbowed for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child....

#3
The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window

1944★ 7.4

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

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder....

#4
Smart People

Smart People

2008★ 5.8

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

Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and famil...

#5
Children...

Children...

2011★ 7.3

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

On March 26, 1991, five boys set off to the mountain to go frog hunting and never come back to their family. While a documentary producer, detective and professor try to solve the ...

#6
The Gambler

The Gambler

2014★ 6.0

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

Literature professor Jim Bennett leads a secret life as a high-stakes gambler. Always a risk-taker, Bennett bets it all when he borrows from a gangster and offers his own life as c...

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