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10 Best Movies Like Kandahar

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

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#1
Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law

1986★ 6.1

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

A tough police detective escapes from custody after being framed and arrested for the murder of his ex-wife, and must now find the real killer and prove his innocence....

#2
Dirty Angels

Dirty Angels

2024★ 6.1

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

During the United States' 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, a group of female soldiers posing as medical relief are sent back in to rescue a group of kidnapped teenagers caught bet...

#3
Topside

Topside

2022★ 6.7

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

Deep in the underbelly of New York City, a five year-old girl and her mother live among a community that has claimed the abandoned subway tunnels as their home. After a sudden poli...

#4
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#5
Essential Killing

Essential Killing

2010★ 5.9

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

A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside....

#6
Leaving Afghanistan

Leaving Afghanistan

2019★ 6.6

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

1988-1989. The end of the Soviet-Afghan war. The USSR begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan. Soviet General Vasiliev's son - a pilot named Alexander gets kidnapped by the mujahide...

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