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

Apocalypse Now
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The River for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and el...

Titanic
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The River for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

Pulp Fiction
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The River for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...

Ex Machina
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The River for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

The Truman Show
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The River for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show....

Joker
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The River for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....