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10 Best Movies Like Baghdad in My Shadow

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

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#1
Blitz

Blitz

2011★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Baghdad in My Shadow for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers....

#2
Heatwave

Heatwave

2022★ 6.3

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

A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice....

#3
Stuart: A Life Backwards

Stuart: A Life Backwards

2007★ 7.4

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

Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers f...

#4
Dirty Pretty Things

Dirty Pretty Things

2002★ 6.9

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

An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants....

#5
The Long Good Friday

The Long Good Friday

1980★ 7.2

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

In the late 1970s, Cockney crime boss Harold Shand, a gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul, has big plans to get the American Mafia to bankroll his transformation ...

#6
Eastern Promises

Eastern Promises

2007★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Baghdad in My Shadow for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family....

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