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10 Best Movies Like Julia

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

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#1
The Way of the Gun

The Way of the Gun

2000★ 6.3

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

Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man....

#2
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1974★ 7.1

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

An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo....

#3
Traffic

Traffic

2000★ 7.1

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

An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal w...

#4
The Entitled

The Entitled

2011★ 6.2

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

Without the security of the job he wants or the future he dreamed of, Paul Dynan plans the perfect crime to help his struggling family – abduct the socialite children of three weal...

#5
Cleveland Abduction

Cleveland Abduction

2015★ 7.2

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

A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years....

#6
Breakdown

Breakdown

1997★ 6.9

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

On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break wh...

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