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10 Best Movies Like High Explosive

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

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#1
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

1961★ 7.6

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

During the American Civil War, a Southerner is about to be hanged from a bridge for sabotage when something unexpected happens....

#2
Rocco and His Brothers

Rocco and His Brothers

1960★ 8.0

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

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results....

#3
The Man Without a Past

The Man Without a Past

2002★ 7.4

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

Arriving in Helsinki, a nameless man is beaten within an inch of his life by thugs, miraculously recovering only to find that he has completely lost his memory. Back on the streets...

#4
Gunpowder

Gunpowder

1985★ 5.9

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

At the end of September 1941, Soviet artillery troops in besieged Leningrad realize that pretty soon they will fire their last shot, and after that the defense of the city will be ...

#5
The Family Friend

The Family Friend

2006★ 7.2

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

Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives alone in his shabby house with his scornful, bedridden mother. He has a morbid, obsessive relation...

#6
The Isle

The Isle

2000★ 6.9

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

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love wi...