Movies like Legacy (2010)
The best movies like Legacy (2010) are EMR (2004), The Lazarus Project (2008) and Second Coming (2014). If Legacy hooked you with its drama and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Machinist (2004)7.5/10 from 6,470 votes
- NewestTyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)Released 2025
EMR (2004)
Englishman Adam regains full consciousness after a seizure - tens of thousands of miles from home - only to discover that someone has surgically extracted one of his kidneys. All roads lead to a shady drug company called Phenal, which Adam believes is plotting against him, systematically. As Adam's paranoia builds, he realizes that no one around him can be fully trusted.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
The Lazarus Project (2008)
After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward, where he's told he's been hired as the groundskeeper. With the state of his soul in question, and the love for his wife and daughter all the more real and powerful, Ben must figure out if he's truly cheated death, or if he's become part of something far more sinister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSecond Coming (2014)
A married, middle-class London couple are shocked when they seem to have been blessed — or cursed — with an immaculate conception.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Page Eight (2011)
Johnny is a long-serving MI5 officer. His boss dies suddenly, leaving behind an inexplicable file which threatens the stability of the organisation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAftermath (2017)
A fatal plane crash changes the lives of Roman and Jake forever. Roman loses his wife and daughter in the accident, while Jake loses his mind—as he happens to be the air traffic controller who failed to avert the nightmare. Rage and revenge engulfs Roman and Jake finds himself swamped with guilt and regret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Machinist (2004)
Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Ledge (2011)
A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist who shares an apartment with a gay friend escalates into a lethal battle of wills.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisParanoia (2013)
An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price—he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Years after his squad was ambushed during the Gulf War, Major Ben Marco finds himself having terrible nightmares. He begins to doubt that his fellow squad-mate Sergeant Raymond Shaw, now a vice-presidential candidate, is the hero he remembers him being. As Marco's doubts deepen, Shaw's political power grows, and, when Marco finds a mysterious implant embedded in his back, the memory of what really happened begins to return.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Melt with You (2011)
Former college friends meet up for a reunion that leads them to face the apparent disillusionment that defines their lives. After a week of excessive drug and alcohol abuse, events lead them to contemplate fulfilling a self destructive pact they made when they were young.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThird Star (2010)
James and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is a touching and comical adventure dealing with friendship, heroism and love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTriage (2009)
The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Most Wanted Man (2014)
A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team tracking the movements of potential terrorists.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMagnificent 7 (2005)
Inspired by the life of Jacqui Jackson, the story follows a self-sacrificing mother of seven children, four of whom are, in one form or another, autistic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Brighton Rock (2010)
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisInhale (2010)
A couple goes to dangerous lengths to find a lung donor for their daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFreefall (2009)
FREEFALL is the first drama to tackle the extraordinary financial crisis Britons are living through. Helmed by multiple BAFTA-winning director Dominic Savage, the film takes a startling and provocative look at the events that caused people's lives to spiral out of control. With pace, edge and real emotional punch, it gives a unique insight into how the country came so perilously close to the edge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
No Smoking (2007)
A heavily addicted smoker is unprepared for the true price he must pay when he asks a guru's help to kick the habit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like this100 Streets (2016)
Three extraordinary stories covering infidelity, adoption, and a drug dealer turned actor intertwine as characters meet in the streets of London.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Samaritan (2012)
After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter's life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new start looks real. But his past is proving to be a stubborn companion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBadland (2007)
Jerry (Jamie Draven) was an idealist when he served in the first Gulf War. But when he was later deployed to Iraq, Jerry was an older man, a father of three and embittered by broken promises and unfulfilled desires. When Jerry returns from Iraq he has been transformed by horrors that cannot be forgiven. He lives a life of poverty, his children afraid of him and his wife, Nora (Vinessa Shaw), unsympathetic and unhappy. When Jerry discovers that Nora has betrayed him, his anger and despair drive him to commit an act so heinous and irreversible that nothing he had experienced in combat could have prepared him for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Spooks: The Greater Good (2015)
During a handover to the head of counter-terrorism of MI5, Harry Pearce, a terrorist escapes custody. When Harry disappears soon after, his protégé is tasked with finding out what happened as an impending attack on London looms, and eventually uncovers a deadly conspiracy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAsher (2018)
Asher is a former Mossad agent turned gun for hire, living an austere life in an ever-changing Brooklyn. Approaching the end of his career, he breaks the oath he took as a young man when he meets Sophie on a hit gone wrong. In order to have love in his life before it's too late, he must kill the man he was, for a chance at becoming the man he wants to be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisRoute Irish (2011)
A private security contractor in Iraq rejects the official explanation of his friend's death and sets out to uncover the truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisGhost Machine (2009)
Two technicians battle a vengeful spirit that has infected their stolen military software.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Lords of Discipline (1983)
Will arrives for his last year at Military Academy, in the Deep South USA, in the 1960's. A black student, Pearce, has been accepted, for the first time and Will is asked to keep an eye out for the inevitable racism. The racists come in the form of The Ten, a secret group of the elite students. They want Pearce to leave on his own free will, but are prepared to torture him to make it 'his free will'. Will is forced to help Pearce and he is prepared to risk his own career to do so.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLockdown (2000)
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Good Neighbor (2022)
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLight It Up (1999)
On a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)
High-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned private investigator – Marley’s search for what really happened leads her down a treacherous maze of deception and betrayal.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like this
Like Legacy and something else?
Blend two favourites and we’ll find the films in between.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Legacy?
The closest matches to Legacy are EMR (2004), The Lazarus Project (2008) and Second Coming (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Legacy?
People who watched Legacy most often go on to EMR (2004), The Lazarus Project (2008) and Second Coming (2014).
What is the highest-rated movie like Legacy?
The Machinist (2004), rated 7.5/10 by 6,470 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Legacy?
Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Legacy?
Yes: EMR (2004), The Lazarus Project (2008) and Second Coming (2014).
How are movies similar to Legacy chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Legacy, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.