10 Best Movies Like The Rivals
If you loved The Rivals, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Richard III
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rivals for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is transposed to the 1930s, England is torn by civil war, split between the rivali...

Devil in a Blue Dress
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rivals for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for...

Detour
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rivals for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend....

Coda
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rivals for fans of Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates....

Gangster Squad
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rivals for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and — if he has ...

Smoke
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rivals for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he w...