Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Riverman

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

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#1
Trafficking

Trafficking

2023★ 6.1

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

Fresh out of prison, a former debt collector working for a gangland boss is told he has a terminal brain tumour. In an attempt to atone for his past he rescues a young girl from tr...

#2
Blindfire

Blindfire

2020★ 6.7

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

A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repe...

#3
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

2019★ 7.0

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

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years....

#4
The Limits of Control

The Limits of Control

2009★ 6.0

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

A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a...

#5
Cocaine Godmother

Cocaine Godmother

2017★ 6.4

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

At the age of 17, Griselda Blanco, made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport with her first husband Carlos. Living in Queens with her three sons, Griselda became enticed by the...

#6
The Quiller Memorandum

The Quiller Memorandum

1966★ 5.9

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

After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigat...

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