Movies like The Girl in the River

A feature-film shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.

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   Neighborhood Watch

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 92 min · Crime · Thriller

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   When a mentally ill young man thinks he witnesses an abduction and the police refuse to believe him, he reluctantly turns to his next door neighbor – a bitter, retired security guard – to help him find the missing woman.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   A Violent Separation

   Strong story similarity

   2019 · 106 min · Crime · Thriller

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   1983. In a quiet Midwestern town, a young deputy covers up a murder at the hands of his brother triggering a series of events that sends them and the victim's family towards a shattering climax.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   In Cold Light

   Strong story similarity

   2026 · 96 min · Crime · Thriller

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   Fresh out of prison, Ava's attempt to reclaim her drug operation collapses when she witnesses a brutal crime, forcing her to flee into a nightmarish underworld where allies are scarce and enemies multiply by the minute.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Barron's Cove

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 116 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician -- the father of the kidnapped boy.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The Virtuoso

   Strong story similarity

   2021 · 110 min · Action · Crime · Thriller

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   Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Finestkind

   Strong story similarity

   2023 · 126 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   Two brothers from opposite sides of the tracks are reunited as adults. Desperate circumstances force them into a deal with an organized crime syndicate in Boston, and a young woman gets caught in the middle.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Body Brokers

   Strong story similarity

   2021 · 111 min · Crime · Thriller

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   Utah and his girlfriend Opal, are drug addicts living on the streets in rural Ohio. After getting recruited by body broker Wood and offered treatment in Los Angeles, Wood takes Utah under his wing and introduces him to treatment center mogul Vin. Wood and Vin bring Utah in on their lucrative and illegal dealings, where saving lives comes second to the bottom line.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Hierarchy

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 97 min · Action · Crime · TV Movie · Thriller

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   In an undisclosed area of Texas after two adoptive brothers become entangled in criminal activity, forced to evade law enforcement and the greedy Russian mafia.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Sinners

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 138 min · Action · Horror · Thriller

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   Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • a closely matched era
   • similar audience response

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    The Bygone

    Strong story similarity

    2019 · 106 min · Crime · Drama

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    When a young rancher crosses paths with a Lakota girl from a nearby reservation, her mysterious disappearance sparks a search that uncovers a harrowing past and hints at a dire future.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity

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