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10 Best Movies Like Shoot the Messenger

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

#1
Hunters

Hunters

2021★ 6.0

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

As John T. Wrecker continues his task of protecting a group of refugees from a virus, the threat of something new and even more dangerous grows ever closer in the form of monstrous...

#2
Return to Seoul

Return to Seoul

2022★ 6.3

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

After an impulsive travel decision to visit friends, Freddie, 25, returns to South Korea for the first time, where she was born before being adopted and raised in France. Freddie s...

#3
National Family

National Family

2023★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shoot the Messenger for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Don Poli, the patriarch of a family embedded in politics, faces the change of party in his state - after a hundred years in power - losing all his privileges. Humiliated and angry,...

#4
Dear David

Dear David

2023★ 4.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shoot the Messenger for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Shortly after comic artist Adam responds to Internet trolls, he begins experiencing sleep paralysis. As he chronicles increasingly malevolent occurrences in a series of tweets, Ada...

#5
Urotsukidōji III: Return of the Overfiend

Urotsukidōji III: Return of the Overfiend

1993★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shoot the Messenger for fans of Animation. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

As the Overfiend slumbers, the mad emperor Caesar rises to power, enslaving a new race of demon beasts. Into this cruel existence is born the Lord of Chaos, the Overfiend's nemesis...

#6
Boudica

Boudica

2023★ 5.9

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

Inspired by events in A.D. 60, Boudica follows the eponymous Celtic warrior who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband Prasutagus. When he dies at the hands of Roman soldiers...