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10 Best Movies Like Hell and High Water

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

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#1
Mandibles

Mandibles

2021★ 6.3

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

Two dimwitted friends hatch a money-making scheme after discovering a giant fly in the trunk of a car....

#2
Fail Safe

Fail Safe

1964★ 7.8

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

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catas...

#3
Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty

1948★ 7.1

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

Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lyn...

#4
The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

1954★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hell and High Water for fans of Adventure & Drama & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one t...

#5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Hell and High Water for fans of Drama. 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....