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10 Best Movies Like Neanderthal

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

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#1
Captain Volkonogov Escaped

Captain Volkonogov Escaped

2023★ 6.8

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

Captain Fedor Volkonogov works in law enforcement. He is on the good books of the management, and his colleagues respect him. But one day, his life abruptly changes: he is declared...

#2
The Cut

The Cut

2025★ 5.9

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

A retired boxer intends to return to the ring for one last shot at the title, but first he must make the weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas with an unscrupulous trainer, he em...

#3
6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain

6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain

2017★ 5.8

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

An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to batt...

#4
Hunting Season

Hunting Season

2025★ 6.9

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

When a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confro...

#5
Coldwater

Coldwater

2013★ 6.4

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

A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmat...

#6
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Neanderthal for fans of Thriller & Drama. 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...

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