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10 Best Movies Like Thoroughbreds

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

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#1
At Close Range

At Close Range

1986★ 6.8

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

Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a gang of thieves in a nearby town...

#2
River's Edge

River's Edge

1986★ 6.5

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

A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed another, Jamie. Faced with the brutality of death, each must decide whether to turn...

#3
A Bronx Tale

A Bronx Tale

1993★ 7.9

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

Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is t...

#4
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

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

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

#5
Adulthood

Adulthood

2008★ 6.2

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

After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge....

#6
Light Sleeper

Light Sleeper

1992★ 6.7

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

John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s profession...

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