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10 Best Movies Like River's Edge

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

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#1
Super Dark Times

Super Dark Times

2017★ 6.5

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

Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a r...

#2
Class of 1984

Class of 1984

1982★ 6.4

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

Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid ...

#3
Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

1935★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to River's Edge for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between ...

#4
Clubbed

Clubbed

2008★ 6.7

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

An underworld drama set in the early 1980s, about a lonely factory worker whose life is transformed when he becomes a nightclub doorman....

#5
The Substitute

The Substitute

1996★ 6.9

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

When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute...

#6
The Substitute 2: School's Out

The Substitute 2: School's Out

1998★ 6.3

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

When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercen...

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