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10 Best Movies Like Southland Tales

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

#1
Animal

Animal

2005★ 5.6

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

His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who changes his life. Now a reformed ...

#2
Descent

Descent

2007★ 4.2

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

Following a brutal assault, a college co-ed's life spirals until she encounters her assailant while working as a dancer. The predator has become the prey, and the prey has set her ...

#3
Shoot the Moon

Shoot the Moon

1982★ 6.3

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

After fifteen years of marriage, an affluent couple divorce and take up with new partners....

#4
Drifter

Drifter

2016★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Southland Tales for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A pair of outlaw brothers seek temporary refuge in a desolate town inhabited by a small family of psychotic cannibalistic lunatics...

#5
The Chumscrubber

The Chumscrubber

2005★ 6.5

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

The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother ...

#6
Mai

Mai

2024★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Southland Tales for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a struggling single mother falls for a wealthy heartbreaker, their risky romance could just turn their lives around — or tear their worlds apart....