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10 Best Movies Like Rising High

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

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#1
Blame Game

Blame Game

2019★ 6.0

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

Martin Behrens is a Middle East expert for the German intelligence agency BND. He obtains information leading to a U.S. drone strike on a wanted terrorist in Zahiristan. A few days...

#2
The Cutter

The Cutter

2005★ 5.6

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

A former cop turned Los Angeles P.I. takes on a case of a missing diamond cutter that leads him on an adventure of love and villainy spanning of mob to the present day Jewelry Dist...

#3
Rooting for Roona

Rooting for Roona

2020★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rising High for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In rural India, a child with hydrocephalus gets a chance at life-changing surgery after her photos go viral. This documentary charts her journey....

#4
Les Otages d'Entebbe

Les Otages d'Entebbe

2009★ 10.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rising High for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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#5
trustWHO

trustWHO

2018★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rising High for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Is the WHO sick? The filmmaker and mother Lilian Franck reveals clandestine influences by the tobacco, pharmaceutical and nuclear industries on the organization. She shows a fright...

#6
Sealed Lips

Sealed Lips

2018★ 6.3

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

A German communist wrongly accused and sent to a labour camp has to keep her past life hidden for the sake of her and her family’s freedom....