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10 Best Movies Like Who'll Stop the Rain

If you loved Who'll Stop the Rain, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Baker

The Baker

2023★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Who'll Stop the Rain for fans of Crime & Action & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A quiet, stoic man, lives a monk-like existence in self-imposed exile. When his estranged son is killed in a drug deal gone bad, he is left to look after a granddaughter he never k...

#2
American Gangster

American Gangster

2007★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Who'll Stop the Rain for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from...

#3
Layer Cake

Layer Cake

2004★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Who'll Stop the Rain for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save...

#4
Apocalypse Now

Apocalypse Now

1979★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Who'll Stop the Rain 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...

#5
Target Number One

Target Number One

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Who'll Stop the Rain for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Ex heroin junkie, Daniel Léger, gets involved in a drug deal with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. When the deal goes sour, Daniel gets thrown into a Thai prison and slapped...

#6
No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men

2007★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Who'll Stop the Rain for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bel...

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