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10 Best Movies Like His Name Was King

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

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#1
Kinds of Kindness

Kinds of Kindness

2024★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to His Name Was King for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a ...

#2
Weird Woman

Weird Woman

1944★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to His Name Was King for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she was raised, Professor Norman Reed begins to feel the clash between his world of ration...

#3
If You Want to Live... Shoot!

If You Want to Live... Shoot!

1968★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to His Name Was King for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A young cowboy, Johnny, playing in a rigged poker game is forced to shoot one of the other players. The cowboy takes quick leave as he is accused of murder and a reward for his cap...

#4
Hotel Transylvania

Hotel Transylvania

2012★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to His Name Was King for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula has invi...

#5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...