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10 Best Movies Like Release

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

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#1
We Will Not Deny Each Other

We Will Not Deny Each Other

2022★ 10.0

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

A young woman meets with her pastor to discuss intersections between identity and faith....

#2
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers

Scooby-Doo! Meets the Boo Brothers

1987★ 7.4

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

After the death of Shaggy's Uncle Beaureguard, he, Scooby and Scrappy arrive at the late uncle's Southern plantation to collect the inheritance. But as soon as they arrive, they fi...

#3
Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

2006★ 7.5

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

It's horror on the high seas when Scooby-Doo and the gang take a creepy cruise into one of the world's most mysterious places, the Bermuda Triangle! If Scooby, Shaggy and the gang ...

#4
Sapphire Blue

Sapphire Blue

2014★ 7.1

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

Gwen has just discovered, that she's the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. Now she has to juggle with constant trips to the past, her relationships with G...

#5
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked

2011★ 5.7

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

Playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and Chipettes accidentally go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical paradise. They discover their new turf is not as ...

#6
Scooby-Doo! and the Sea Monsters

Scooby-Doo! and the Sea Monsters

2012★ 9.7

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

The scares start in Hawaii, where Scooby-Doo and Shaggy are scarfing down the surf-and-turf menu until a giant serpent tries to swallow them faster than you can say She Sees Sea Mo...