Movies Like Shaft

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

Shaft's Big Score!

1972·1h 45m·★ 6.1·Gordon Parks

Shaft Collection2 shared crewBoth star Richard Roundtree & Moses Gunn

Shaft in Africa

1973·1h 52m·★ 5.9·John Guillermin

Shaft CollectionStarring Richard RoundtreeAction & Crime

Natural Born Killers

1994·1h 59m·★ 7.2·Oliver Stone

Themes: daughter, tenseTMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Colors

1988·2h·★ 6.7·Dennis Hopper

Themes: ghetto, aggressiveFans also likedAction & Crime & Thriller

28 Days Later

2002·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Danny Boyle

Themes: daughter, aggressiveTMDB recommends

Oldboy

2003·2h·★ 8.3·Park Chan-wook

Themes: daughter, aggressive, suspensefulThriller & Action

The Running Man

2025·2h 13m·★ 6.4·Edgar Wright

Themes: biting, suspensefulAction & Thriller

Shaft

2000·1h 39m·★ 6.0·John Singleton

Fans also likedAction & Crime & ThrillerStarring Richard Roundtree

Apocalypto

2006·2h 18m·★ 7.9·Mel Gibson

Themes: assertive, aggressive

Lethal Weapon

1987·1h 50m·★ 7.6·Richard Donner

TMDB recommendsAction & Thriller & Crime

Bullitt

1968·1h 53m·★ 7.4·Peter Yates

TMDB recommendsAction & Crime & Thriller

Lethal Weapon 2

1989·1h 54m·★ 7.3·Richard Donner

TMDB recommendsAction & Thriller & Crime

Lethal Weapon 3

1992·1h 58m·★ 6.7·Richard Donner

TMDB recommendsAction & Thriller & Crime

A Breed Apart

2025·1h 40m·★ 2.6·Nathan Furst

Themes: biting, aggressive

Léon: The Professional

1994·1h 51m·★ 8.5·Luc Besson

Themes: tense, suspensefulCrime & Action

Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

The Terminator

1984·1h 48m·★ 8.1·James Cameron

TMDB recommendsAction & Thriller

Strangers on a Train

1951·1h 41m·★ 7.9·Alfred Hitchcock

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller

Mission: Impossible III

2006·2h 6m·★ 6.9·J.J. Abrams

TMDB recommendsAction & Thriller

Godzilla

1998·2h 19m·★ 5.5·Roland Emmerich

TMDB recommendsAction & Thriller

How Good Is Shaft?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.

Where to Watch Shaft

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United States

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4

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Fandango At Home

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4

Amazon Video

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