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10 Best Movies Like The Return

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

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#1
Bad Sister

Bad Sister

2015★ 6.6

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

As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed ...

#2
The Assault

The Assault

2014★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Return for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After a cheerleader is sexually assaulted by the high school football team, she must overcome her shame and use the evidence gathered from the subsequent social media firestorm to ...

#3
Traffik

Traffik

2018★ 6.1

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

A couple off for a romantic weekend in the mountains are accosted by a biker gang. Alone in the mountains, Brea and John must defend themselves against the gang, who will stop at n...

#4
Simple Men

Simple Men

1992★ 6.7

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

Two diametrically opposite brothers set off on a journey to reunite with their estranged father but when their motorcycle breaks down while passing through a small town, they becom...

#5
Stealing Home

Stealing Home

1988★ 6.3

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

Billy Wyatt, a former high school and minor-league baseball player, receives a telephone call from his mother revealing that his former child-sitter, and later in his teens, his fi...

#6
Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

Miss Marple: 4.50 from Paddington

1987★ 7.4

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

Travelling on the 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on a passing train - but where is the body?...

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