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10 Best Movies Like Alive

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

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#1
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1962★ 7.4

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

Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever ...

#2
Cloak & Dagger

Cloak & Dagger

1984★ 6.3

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

Davey Osborne is an average 11-year-old boy with an overactive imagination. He spends his days playing video games and pretending to be a spy with his imaginary father-figure, Jack...

#3
The Officers' Ward

The Officers' Ward

2001★ 7.0

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

The first days of WWI. Adrien, a young and handsome lieutenant, is wounded by a piece of shrapnel. He will spend the entire wartime at the Val-de-Grâce Hospital, in Paris. Five lon...

#4
This Property Is Condemned

This Property Is Condemned

1966★ 6.4

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

Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and ma...

#5
Let's Rob the Bank

Let's Rob the Bank

1964★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Alive for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Shopkeeper Victor Garnier has naively invested his family's life savings in an African mine, on his banker's recommendation. When the mine is nationalized, rendering the stock wort...

#6
Hitler: A Career

Hitler: A Career

1977★ 7.4

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

A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of mass psychology and how the desp...