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10 Best Movies Like What Lies Upstream

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

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#1
The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises

2012★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Lies Upstream for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Go...

#2
Starbuck

Starbuck

2011★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Lies Upstream for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

David Wozniak is a perpetual adolescent who discovers that, as a sperm donor, he has fathered 533 children. He is advised that more than 100 of his offspring are trying to force th...

#3
Blow

Blow

2001★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Lies Upstream for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A boy named George Jung grows up in a struggling family in the 1950's. His mother nags at her husband as he is trying to make a living for the family. It is finally revealed that G...

#4
The Tiger and the Snow

The Tiger and the Snow

2005★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Lies Upstream for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited...

#5
Taxidermia

Taxidermia

2006★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Lies Upstream for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Set over three generations and beginning with a sexually frustrated orderly during WWII who relieves his tensions in the most outlandish, gross ways. The result of his liaison is a...

#6
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Lies Upstream for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...