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10 Best Movies Like The River Wild

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

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#1
Colonel Chabert

Colonel Chabert

1994★ 6.4

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

When Colonel Chabert returns from the war, he discovers that he has lost everything....

#2
Putham Pudhu Kaalai

Putham Pudhu Kaalai

2020★ 6.4

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

Putham Pudhu Kaalai brings together 5 of the most celebrated directors in Tamil cinema - Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Suhasini Mani Ratman, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj to cr...

#3
Brother of Sleep

Brother of Sleep

1995★ 6.6

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

In the beginning of the 19th century, Johannes Elias Alder is born in a small village in the Austrian mountains. While growing up he is considered strange by the other villagers an...

#4
An Unforgettable Year - Spring

An Unforgettable Year - Spring

2023★ 7.6

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

When she's about to fail in math – the subject she hates the most, Jasmine has to take booster classes with a cute young tutor, but who breathes numbers in everything he does. Faci...

#5
To Life!

To Life!

2014★ 5.2

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

Fate has taken its toll on the aging cabaret singer Ruth and the young but terminally ill Jonas. Yet despite their great age difference and their entirely opposite experiences in l...

#6
The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor

1942★ 7.0

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

Low on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay half fare home. But little 'Sue Sue' finds herself in a whole heap of grownup trou...