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10 Best Movies Like Painkillers

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

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#1
Fractured

Fractured

2019★ 6.8

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

Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with ...

#2
The Confirmation

The Confirmation

2016★ 6.4

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

A divorced father reconnects with his son when they track down a stolen toolbox over the course of a weekend....

#3
Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures

1996★ 6.0

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

Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail ...

#4
The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker

1997★ 7.0

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

Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrapp...

#5
Reversal of Fortune

Reversal of Fortune

1990★ 6.6

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

Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal....

#6
The Hospital

The Hospital

1971★ 6.6

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

Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospital bed, it appears to Bock to ...

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