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10 Best Movies Like Empire

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

#1
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

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

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#2
Traitor

Traitor

2008★ 6.7

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

When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations office...

#3
Eros

Eros

2004★ 5.7

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

A three-part anthology about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at wo...

#4
Spun

Spun

2003★ 6.6

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

Over the course of three days Ross, a college dropout addicted to crystal-meth, encounters a variety of oddball folks - including a stripper named Nikki and her boyfriend, the loca...

#5
Irena's Vow

Irena's Vow

2024★ 7.4

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

19 year old Irena Gut is promoted to housekeeper in the home of a highly respected Nazi officer in Poland when she finds out that the Jewish ghetto is about to be liquidated. Deter...

#6
Knight's Treasure

Knight's Treasure

2012★ 5.1

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

Eleven years old Jeff and his friends are looking for a treasure buried in the old castle....