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10 Best Movies Like Red Fish

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

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#1
The Words

The Words

2012★ 6.7

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

The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn'...

#2
Neverwas

Neverwas

2005★ 6.4

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

Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time o...

#3
The King Tide

The King Tide

2024★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Red Fish for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into civil war, torn over the beli...

#4
Deconstructing Harry

Deconstructing Harry

1997★ 7.3

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

Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result....

#5
Julia

Julia

1977★ 6.5

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

At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany....

#6
Dreams

Dreams

2025★ 6.3

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

A powerful socialite and a promising ballet dancer begin a dangerous affair. When he secretly crosses the US-Mexico border, she takes desperate measures to protect their future tog...

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