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10 Best Movies Like The Specialist

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

#1
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

1989★ 5.4

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

The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world....

#2
Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead

1994★ 5.8

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

The Tall Man, that imposing menace from Morningside Mortuary, is back and once again haunting the thoughts of the now-adult Mike and his friend, ex-Ice Cream vendor Reggie. The two...

#3
Destroy All Monsters

Destroy All Monsters

1968★ 6.9

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

At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the...

#4
Coffee and Cigarettes

Coffee and Cigarettes

1986★ 6.9

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

In a vignette called "Strange to meet you," Roberto sits at a small table in a coffee bar. Five cups of coffee and two ashtrays are in front of him; he drinks and smokes. Steven jo...

#5
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla

1974★ 7.0

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

An Okinawan prophecy that foretells the destruction of the Earth is seeming fulfilled when Godzilla emerges to return to his destructive roots. But not all is what it seems after G...

#6
Hi, Mom!

Hi, Mom!

1970★ 6.3

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

Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment...