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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
The Truth About Emanuel

The Truth About Emanuel

2013★ 6.0

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

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother....

#2
Vital

Vital

2004★ 6.8

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

A young man awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings of dissections, Hiroshi is drawn to medical school. There he catch...

#3
The Unhealer

The Unhealer

2021★ 5.9

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

A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for reve...

#4
The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019★ 6.7

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

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm....

#5
Gotcha!

Gotcha!

1985★ 5.9

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

A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy....

#6
Latency

Latency

2024★ 5.9

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

When professional gamer Hana, who suffers from acute agoraphobia, receives new equipment that enhances her game, she begins to wonder if it is reading her mind – or controlling it....

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