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10 Best Movies Like The Last Thing He Wanted

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

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#1
Salvador

Salvador

1986★ 7.1

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

In 1980, an American journalist covering the Salvadoran Civil War becomes entangled with both the leftist guerrilla groups and the right-wing military dictatorship while trying to ...

#2
Argo

Argo

2012★ 7.3

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

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian am...

#3
Blood Diamond

Blood Diamond

2006★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Last Thing He Wanted for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink dia...

#4
Bordertown

Bordertown

2007★ 6.3

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

American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mex...

#5
The Operative

The Operative

2019★ 5.9

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

A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject....

#6
The Independent

The Independent

2022★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Last Thing He Wanted for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

It's the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election in history. America is poised to elect either its first female president or its first viable independent candid...

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