Movies like The River Wild
The River Wild (1994) is a thriller movie directed by Curtis Hanson. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Deliverance (1972)
★ 7.3 · 1,899 votes · Drama, Adventure, Thriller
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
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2. Jungle (2017)
★ 6.7 · 2,321 votes · Adventure, Thriller
In 1981, an enthusiastic young adventurer follows his dreams into the Bolivian Amazon jungle with two friends and a guide with a mysterious past. Their journey quickly turns into a terrifying ordeal as the darkest elements of human nature and the deadliest threats of the wilderness lead to an all-out fight for survival.
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3. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
★ 6.7 · 11,587 votes · Action, Comedy, Drama
A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignments require them to kill each other.
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4. Old (2021)
★ 6.3 · 5,082 votes · Thriller, Mystery, Horror
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
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5. Fatal Attraction (1987)
★ 6.8 · 1,772 votes · Thriller, Drama, Romance
A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
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6. The Town (2010)
★ 7.2 · 5,892 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold the manager hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with her.
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7. The Usual Suspects (1995)
★ 8.2 · 11,844 votes · Drama, Crime, Thriller
Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.
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8. Die Hard (1988)
★ 7.8 · 12,740 votes · Action, Thriller
High above the city of L.A. a team of terrorists has seized a building, taken hostages, and declared war. One man has manages to escape... An off-duty cop hiding somewhere inside. He's alone, tired... and the only chance anyone has got.
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9. The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
★ 7.0 · 4,618 votes · Drama, Thriller, Mystery
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.
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10. The Gift (2015)
★ 6.7 · 3,615 votes · Thriller, Mystery, Drama
Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.
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11. Unbreakable (2000)
★ 7.1 · 10,217 votes · Thriller, Drama, Mystery
An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass.
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12. In the Bedroom (2001)
★ 6.9 · 424 votes · Drama, Thriller
Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. His son is involved in a love affair with a local single mother. As the beauty of Maine's brief and fleeting summer comes to an end, these characters find themselves in the midst of unimaginable tragedy.
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13. Cassandra's Dream (2007)
★ 6.3 · 861 votes · Crime, Drama, Thriller
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
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14. Out of Time (2003)
★ 6.4 · 1,374 votes · Thriller, Crime, Drama
Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.
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15. 16 Blocks (2006)
★ 6.5 · 2,190 votes · Action, Adventure, Crime
An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.
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