Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Eel

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

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#1
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#2
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

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

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

#3
A Crooked Somebody

A Crooked Somebody

2018★ 6.3

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

An attention-seeking psychic is kidnapped and tries to use the situation to boost his popularity....

#4
Mob Town

Mob Town

2019★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of the notorious 1957 ‘mob summit’ in upstate New York. Spearheaded by Vito Genovese, more than 50 leaders of the organized crime syndicates from around the...

#5
Siberian Education

Siberian Education

2013★ 6.8

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

The story of a gang of children growing up in a community of banished criminals, in a forgotten corner of the former Soviet Union. This community rejects the world outside. The onl...

#6
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.0

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

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

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