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10 Best Movies Like The Shadow

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

#1
The House on the Dune

The House on the Dune

1952★ 6.2

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

A tough customs man, out to get a youth smuggling tobacco into France across the Belgium border, falls for the jaded ex bar hostess the smuggler lives with.Meanwhile the young man ...

#2
Avatar: Scene Deconstruction

Avatar: Scene Deconstruction

2009★ 6.5

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

The deconstruction of the Avatar scenes and sets...

#3
Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace

Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace

2013★ 8.5

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

Mecha Mutt, a revolutionary remote-controlled lunar rover resembling a large canine, goes rogue at Houston's Annual Science Expo. Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace is the fourth in a s...

#4
Taxidermia

Taxidermia

2006★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Shadow for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Set over three generations and beginning with a sexually frustrated orderly during WWII who relieves his tensions in the most outlandish, gross ways. The result of his liaison is a...

#5
Main Street on the March!

Main Street on the March!

1941★ 5.6

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

This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese a...

#6
The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora

The Botanical Avatar of Mademoiselle Flora

1965★ 5.5

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

A young woman lives sadly in a small garrison town with a soldier. Little by little, won over by boredom, sadness, total inaction, she develops a relationship with plants and start...