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10 Best Movies Like The Rat

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

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#1
Norman

Norman

2010★ 6.1

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

A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness....

#2
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#3
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#4
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#5
Kisses

Kisses

2008★ 7.1

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

Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin....

#6
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

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