Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Above Ground

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

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#1
The Time Machine

The Time Machine

1960★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Above Ground for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species....

#2
O.G.

O.G.

2018★ 5.9

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

Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Be...

#3
The Riverman

The Riverman

2004★ 5.3

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

A series of interviews are conducted with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy in hopes of gaining insight into the Green River Killer who is terrorizing Seattle....

#4
The Last Stand

The Last Stand

2013★ 6.1

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

Ray Owens is sheriff of the quiet US border town of Sommerton Junction after leaving the LAPD following a bungled operation. Following his escape from the FBI, a notorious drug bar...

#5
The Irishman

The Irishman

2019★ 7.6

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

Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufal...

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....