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10 Best Movies Like The Wharf Rat

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

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#1
Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America

Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America

2006★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wharf Rat for fans of Action & Drama & Thriller & TV Movie. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An outbreak of avian flu mutates into a virus that becomes transmittable from human to human....

#2
Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story

Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wharf Rat for fans of Action & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Notorious gangster, Pat Tate, rises through the ranks of Essex's criminal underworld. A prequel to the 'Rise of the Footsoldier' franchise....

#3
Little Dixie

Little Dixie

2023★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wharf Rat for fans of Action & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Erstwhile Special Forces operative Doc Alexander is asked to broker a truce with the Mexican drug cartel in secrecy. When Oklahoma Governor Richard Jeffs celebrates the execution o...

#4
Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost

2011★ 6.4

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

Jesse investigates the suspicious death of a young friend while the police force deals with the arrogant new police chief who is the son-in-law of a town councilman....

#5
Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise

2006★ 6.9

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

When Jesse Stone looks into the murder of a teen-age girl whose body is found floating in a local lake, it brings him up against the Boston mob and into the affluent world of a bes...

#6
Empire

Empire

2002★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wharf Rat for fans of Action & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Big time drug dealer Victor Rosa is looking to get out of the game and sees his chance with a big deal with a new friend who happens to be a Wall St. stockbroker. Thinking this wil...

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