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10 Best Movies Like River

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

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#1
My Dog Skip

My Dog Skip

2000★ 6.7

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

A shy boy is unable to make friends in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1942, until his parents give him a terrier puppy for his ninth birthday. The dog, which he names Skip, becomes wel...

#2
Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

1928★ 7.6

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

The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child....

#3
The Reivers

The Reivers

1969★ 6.3

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

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of...

#4
How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

1962★ 7.0

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

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family....

#5
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938★ 6.5

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

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder....

#6
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

1956★ 6.3

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

Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a g...

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