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10 Best Movies Like The Debt

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

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#1
The Last Emperor

The Last Emperor

1987★ 7.6

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

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through ...

#2
The Borrowers

The Borrowers

2011★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Debt for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Family adventure based on Mary Norton's classic children's books about a race of tiny people who live under the floorboards, resourcefully surviving by borrowing bits and pieces fr...

#3
Edward Scissorhands

Edward Scissorhands

1990★ 7.7

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

A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward....

#4
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Debt for fans of Drama & Thriller. 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....

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Debt 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...