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10 Best Movies Like Bwana

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

#1
Oldboy

Oldboy

2003★ 8.2

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

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors....

#2
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#3
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

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

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...

#4
1917

1917

2019★ 8.0

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

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers....

#5
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

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

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp...

#6
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

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

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...