Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Eel

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

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#1
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#2
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

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

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

#3
A Crooked Somebody

A Crooked Somebody

2018★ 6.3

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

An attention-seeking psychic is kidnapped and tries to use the situation to boost his popularity....

#4
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

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

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

#5
Mob Town

Mob Town

2019★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of the notorious 1957 ‘mob summit’ in upstate New York. Spearheaded by Vito Genovese, more than 50 leaders of the organized crime syndicates from around the...

#6
Panic

Panic

2000★ 6.2

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

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for hi...

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