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10 Best Movies Like High Water

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

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#1
The Experiment

The Experiment

2010★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to High Water for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control....

#2
Embattled

Embattled

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to High Water for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued....

#3
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#4
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to High Water for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

#5
Lights Out

Lights Out

2024★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to High Water for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he car...

#6
Lazareth

Lazareth

2024★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to High Water for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Lee is an aunt whose life mission is to protect her orphaned nieces, Imogen and Maeve, from a self-destructing world, raising them in isolation until an outsider threatens their pe...

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