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10 Best Movies Like Illegal Move

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

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#1
The Controller

The Controller

2016★ 7.0

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

A controlling mom gets trapped in her son's video game....

#2
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Illegal Move 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....

#3
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Illegal Move for fans of Crime. 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....

#4
Border

Border

2018★ 6.7

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

When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about hers...

#5
Zack Snyder's Justice League

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021★ 8.1

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

Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from...

#6
Julieta

Julieta

2016★ 7.0

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

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madnes...