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10 Best Movies Like Cape Fear

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

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#1
Run, Man, Run

Run, Man, Run

1968★ 6.4

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

The legendary Tomas Milian stars as Cuchillo, a knife-throwing thief on the run from murderous bandits, sadistic American agents, his hot-blooded fiancée and a sheriff turned bount...

#2
No Highway in the Sky

No Highway in the Sky

1951★ 7.0

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

James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being ...

#3
Mr. Skeffington

Mr. Skeffington

1944★ 6.7

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

A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty....

#4
Cousin Bette

Cousin Bette

1998★ 5.5

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

In 19th century Paris, Bette Fischer, a poor and homely spinster, forms an alliance with the seductive courtesan Valerie Marneffe to orchestrate revenge on her handsome and wealthy...

#5
The Land Unknown

The Land Unknown

1957★ 5.6

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

Navy Commander Alan Roberts is assigned to lead an expedition to Little America in Antarctica to investigate reports of a mysterious warm water inland lake discovered a decade earl...

#6
Come See the Paradise

Come See the Paradise

1990★ 6.2

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

In this drama from director Alan Parker, on-the-lam Jack McGurn flees to Los Angeles and takes a job as a projectionist at a movie theater owned by a Japanese-American man. Jack fa...