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10 Best Movies Like Walking Tall

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

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#1
The Beguiled

The Beguiled

1971★ 7.0

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

Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls' school in the South towards the end of the war, becomes the object of the youn...

#2
D.O.A.

D.O.A.

1988★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Walking Tall for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time....

#3
Shaft in Africa

Shaft in Africa

1973★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Walking Tall for fans of Action & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Detective John Shaft travels incognito to Ethiopia, then France, to bust a human trafficking ring....

#4
The Prince and the Pauper

The Prince and the Pauper

1937★ 6.8

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

Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clot...

#5
Walking Tall: The Payback

Walking Tall: The Payback

2007★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Walking Tall for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A man goes back to his hometown that is now overrun with crime and single-handedly takes justice into his own hands....

#6
Demonic

Demonic

2021★ 4.8

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

A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed....