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10 Best Movies Like White People

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

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#1
Nowhere to Run

Nowhere to Run

1993★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to White People for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children....

#2
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to White People for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#3
Cleveland Abduction

Cleveland Abduction

2015★ 7.2

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

A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years....

#4
The Escapist

The Escapist

2008★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to White People for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before ...

#5
Maze

Maze

2017★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to White People for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Inspired by the true events of the infamous 1983 prison breakout of 38 IRA prisoners from HMP Maze, which was to become the biggest prison escape in Europe since World War II....

#6
Prison Break: The Final Break

Prison Break: The Final Break

2009★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to White People for fans of Thriller & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Michael and Sara wed, but the happiness is short-lived when the Feds apprehend her for the murder of Michael's mother, Christina. Once a hit is ordered on Sara, the team reunite to...

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