Movies Like Judas and the Black Messiah

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Widows

2018·2h 9m·★ 6.8·Steve McQueen

Themes: betrayal, chicago, illinoisDP: Sean BobbittFans also liked

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Nickel Boys

2024·2h 20m·★ 6.9·RaMell Ross

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JFK

1991·3h 9m·★ 8.0·Oliver Stone

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Get Out

2017·1h 44m·★ 7.8·Jordan Peele

3 shared cast incl. Daniel Kaluuya & LaKeith Stanfield

Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

TMDB recommendsStarring Martin Sheen

Ford v Ferrari

2019·2h 33m·★ 8.1·James Mangold

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Detroit

2017·2h 23m·★ 7.3·Kathryn Bigelow

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Forrest Gump

1994·2h 22m·★ 8.8·Robert Zemeckis

Themes: black panther party, 1960s

Braveheart

1995·2h 58m·★ 8.3·Mel Gibson

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Betrayed

2020·2h 6m·★ 7.1·Eirik Svensson

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303 Squadron

2018·1h 35m·★ 5.5·Denis Delić

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Avatar

2009·2h 42m·★ 7.9·James Cameron

Themes: exhilarated, awestruck

This Is It

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Themes: exhilarated, awestruck

The Bride!

2026·2h 7m·★ 5.6·Maggie Gyllenhaal

Themes: exhilarated, chicago, illinois

Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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The Untouchables

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Brokeback Mountain

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BlacKkKlansman

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How Good Is Judas and the Black Messiah?

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