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10 Best Movies Like Mate

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

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#1
Walkabout

Walkabout

1971★ 7.3

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

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the...

#2
Black Water

Black Water

2008★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mate for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Based on true events, Grace, her boyfriend Adam, and her younger sister, Lee, are on holiday in Northern Australia when they decide to take a tour down a river. As they drift into ...

#3
Australia

Australia

2008★ 6.6

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

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a t...

#4
The Last Wave

The Last Wave

1977★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mate for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal people in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions....

#5
Apostle

Apostle

2018★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mate for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult....

#6
The Proposition

The Proposition

2005★ 7.0

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

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brot...

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