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10 Best Movies Like Backdraft

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

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#1
Backdraft 2

Backdraft 2

2019★ 6.4

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

Years after the original Backdraft, Sean, son of the late Steve "Bull" McCaffrey, is assigned to investigate a deadly fire only to realize it is something much more sinister....

#2
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

2007★ 7.1

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

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards ...

#3
The Client

The Client

1994★ 6.7

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

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome s...

#4
Scarface

Scarface

1932★ 7.4

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

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the crim...

#5
Next of Kin

Next of Kin

1989★ 5.9

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

Truman Gates, a Chicago cop, sets out to find his brother's killer. Meanwhile, another of his brothers, Briar (a hillbilly) decides to find the killer himself....

#6
Maximum Risk

Maximum Risk

1996★ 5.8

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

Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New York City and into the arms of...

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