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10 Best Movies Like River

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

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#1
Hunting Season

Hunting Season

2025★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to River for fans of Thriller. 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...

#2
Body Brokers

Body Brokers

2021★ 6.2

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

Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood and offered treatment in Los Angeles, Wood takes Uta...

#3
Cleaner

Cleaner

2007★ 6.1

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

Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shoot...

#4
The Virtuoso

The Virtuoso

2021★ 5.9

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

Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss....

#5
Awake

Awake

2007★ 6.5

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

While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles pr...

#6
The Infernal Machine

The Infernal Machine

2022★ 6.2

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

Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account...

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