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10 Best Movies Like A River Under the Scorching Sun

If you loved A River Under the Scorching Sun, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Equation of Love and Death

The Equation of Love and Death

2008★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A River Under the Scorching Sun for fans of Drama & Romance & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Li Mi, a Kunming cab driver who longs for the day she can be reunited with her missing boyfriend. After a case of mistaken identity, a kidnapping, and a threat of extortion, Li Mi’...

#2
The Dead End

The Dead End

2015★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A River Under the Scorching Sun for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A "Chinese noir full of sublimated homoeroticism" . The story of three brothers raising a little girl they found as a baby. These sworn brothers are not related by blood, but by a ...

#3
Suburbicon

Suburbicon

2017★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A River Under the Scorching Sun for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasio...

#4
The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard

2016★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A River Under the Scorching Sun for fans of Drama & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A retired bodyguard who has settled into a corner of the world where China, Russia and North Korea meet as he suffers from early dementia finds a new friend in a young girl. When h...

#5
Skin

Skin

2019★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A River Under the Scorching Sun for fans of Drama & Romance & Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black acti...

#6
Summer Palace

Summer Palace

2006★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A River Under the Scorching Sun for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ...

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