Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Hell on Wheels

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

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for Hell on Wheels.

View Review →
#1
On Body and Soul

On Body and Soul

2017★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hell on Wheels for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two introverted people find out by pure chance that they share the same dream every night. They are puzzled, incredulous, a bit frightened. As they hesitantly accept this strange c...

#2
Shotgun Stories

Shotgun Stories

2007★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hell on Wheels for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas,...

#3
Sicario

Sicario

2015★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hell on Wheels for fans of Action & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico....

#4
Fading Gigolo

Fading Gigolo

2013★ 5.8

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

Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds t...

#5
Loro 1

Loro 1

2018★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hell on Wheels for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

"Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010. "Loro" wants to suggest in po...

#6
Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

1989★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hell on Wheels for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for...