20 movies like The Endless River, ordered by similarity : The Forgotten Kingdom(2013), Putty Hill(2010), River Runs Red(2018), Is Anybody There?(2008), Westfront 1918(1930), Make Up(2019), Blue(1993), Trainspotting(1996), Mauvaises fréquentations(1999), The Keeping Hours(2017), Jacob's Ladder(1990), The Locusts(1997) ...
Drama
South Africa|France
2015
108 Minutes
Crystal-Donna Roberts Nicolas Duvauchelle Darren Kelfkens Carel Nel Denise Newman Clayton Evertson Katia Lekarski
dead person police captain friend mourner dark engaging south africa france death mysterious deaths dark secrets discovery mystery 21st century
Gilles and Tiny are both mourning recent deaths. Their grief unites them but hiding beneath the grief are darker shadows that connect their losses.
Romance, Drama
USA
2013
97 Minutes
Jerry Mofokeng Nozipho Nkelemba Zenzo Ngqobe Lillian Dube Moshoeshoe Chabeli Lebohang Ntsane Jerry Phele
young man childhood friend schoolteacher estranged father orphan priest confident emotional engaging profound passionate south africa slum johannesburg, south africa village bus south africa discovery growing up memories
What if the most chilling novel of all time was actually based on account of a horrific experiment gone awry?
Drama
USA
2010
87 Minutes
Dustin Ray Cody Ray Zoe Vance Sky Ferreira James Siebor Cathy Evans Virginia Heath Casey Weibust Drew Harris Marina Siebor
dead person sister brother cousin friend uncle emotional dark profound baltimore bar death loss existential crisis mourning family friendship discovery transformation quest
A young man's untimely death unites a fractured family and their community through shared memory and loss.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Taye Diggs John Cusack George Lopez Luke Hemsworth Gianni Capaldi Jaqueline Fleming Briana Evigan RJ Mitte
police officer son father judge confident dark engaging fascinating intricate moving tense shocking uneasy united states death murder police brutality police corruption crime guns
When the son of an African American judge is murdered in a routine pull-over gone wrong, Judge Charles Coleman takes the law into his own hands to ensure justice is had when the two cops walk free.
Drama
2008
92 Minutes
Michael Caine Bill Milner Anne-Marie Duff David Morrissey Rosemary Harris Elizabeth Spriggs Leslie Phillips Peter Vaughan Linzey Cocker Sylvia Syms Ralph Ineson
young boy magician magician's assistant best friend friend teenager charming playful engaging suspenseful witty friendship best friends relationships unlikely friendship magic adventure discovery growing up mystery
A death-obsessed youth (Bill Milner) befriends an aging magician (Michael Caine) who longs to join his wife in the afterlife.
War, Drama
Germany
1930
90 Minutes
Fritz Kampers Gustav Diessl Claus Clausen Gustav Püttjer Jackie Monnier Hanna Hoessrich Else Heller Aribert Mog Vladimir Sokoloff
lieutenant student soldier wife mother friend brooding dark disheartening somber france trenches battlefield village germany world war i horrors of war disillusionment death military life
A group of German solders fight on the front line in France at the end of World War I.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2019
86 Minutes
Molly Windsor Joseph Quinn Stefanie Martini Theo Barklem-Biggs Lisa Palfrey Elodie Wilton Maureen Wild Derek Frood Ruben Wheeler
boyfriend girlfriend brooding dark uneasy cornwall trailer park relationships obsession infidelity love mystery discovery 21st century
Drama
France|Poland|Switzerland
1993
97 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Benoît Régent Florence Pernel Hélène Vincent Philippe Volter Hugues Quester Emmanuelle Riva Julie Delpy Zbigniew Zamachowski Alain Decaux
widow friend exotic dancer mother journalist mistress touching dreamy sad passionate paris apartment nursing home hospital street france grief death starting over secrets
A woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1996
94 Minutes
Ewan McGregor Ewen Bremner Jonny Lee Miller Kevin McKidd Robert Carlyle Kelly Macdonald Peter Mullan James Cosmo Eileen Nicholas Susan Vidler Pauline Lynch
drug addict friend student girlfriend drug dealer sociopath amusing dark gritty edinburgh london household apartment pub hotel addiction abandonment friendship crime death
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Drama
France
1999
98 Minutes
Maud Forget Lou Doillon Micheline Presle Ariane Ascaride Robinson Stévenin Maxime Mansion Delphine Rich François Berléand Cyril Cagnat Dan Martin
high-school student friend boyfriend girlfriend teen girl teen boy emotional dark melodramatic hedonistic school party france nightclub sexual awakening friendship relationships first love loss of innocence prostitution
Delphine is a sweet innocent young girl, her new best friend pulls her into a world where she falls in love with a local pretty boy. Working her hardest to make him love her drags her into prostitution.
Horror, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Lee Pace Carrie Coon Anna Diop Ray Baker Jane Daly Cliff Chamberlain Julian LaTourelle Ruby Moncrieff-Karten Lylah Raye Acosta
lawyer father estranged wife son ghost tense somber sad frightening engaging dark chilling family home death horror reunion forgiveness supernatural grief mystery
10 years after the death of their son, a divorced couple are suddenly reunited by supernatural events that offer them a chance at forgiveness.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1990
113 Minutes
Tim Robbins Elizabeth Peña Danny Aiello Matt Craven Pruitt Taylor Vince Jason Alexander Patricia Kalember Eriq La Salle Ving Rhames Brian Tarantina Anthony Alessandro
veteran ex-wife girlfriend chiropractor soldier son thrilling frightful dark brooklyn, n.y. apartment subway funeral vietnam lsd death vietnam war hallucinations insanity scientific experiments
Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.
Drama
USA
1997
123 Minutes
Kate Capshaw Jeremy Davies Vince Vaughn Ashley Judd Paul Rudd Daniel Meyer Jessica Capshaw
farmhand widow son beautiful woman friend sultry dark emotional ranch small town kansas doomed romance dark secrets mysterious past love triangle sexual tension friendship discovery love temptation
A drifter enters a small town looking for employment. While working at the local cattle ranch, he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Kitty and becomes involved in a deadly yet erotic love triangle.
Drama
USA
2007
124 Minutes
Adam Sandler Don Cheadle Jada Pinkett Smith Liv Tyler Saffron Burrows Donald Sutherland Mike Binder Robert Klein Melinda Dillon Jonathan Banks Rae Allen
roommate friend wife child dentist psychiatrist moving dark new york city house office death depression loneliness friendship mental illness redemption discovery rescue 2000s
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
83 Minutes
Betsy Brandt Annie J. Howell Chris Beetem Zev Haworth Anna Margaret Hollyman Sakina Jaffrey
wife husband police detective son graduate student dark intense raw shocking house city neighborhood college disappearance investigation infidelity secrets discovery forbidden love mystery
Claire is sure of herself, her work and family, until - like a bad dream - her husband disappears, leaving a trail of puzzling secrets that shatter her certainty.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2003
89 Minutes
Gérard Depardieu Élodie Bouchez Carmen Maura Isaac Sharry Tsilla Chelton Estelle Larrivaz Anne Le Ny
doctor twin eerie dark paris france dark secrets discovery mystery 2010s
A priest who is also a doctor investigates the mysterious illness of a young nun who shares a dark secret with her twin sister who is a convicted child murderer.
Drama
South Africa|USA|Germany
2016
106 Minutes
Andrea Riseborough Steve Coogan Deon Lotz Robert Hobbs Garion Dowds Marcel van Heerden Nicola Hanekom Eduan van Jaarsveldt Carel Nel
lawyer prison guard judge wife murderer prisoner prisoners death row inmate brutal chilling emotional gripping intense moving powerful raw sad shocking south africa cape town
A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada
2017
80 Minutes
Candace Cameron Marilu Henner Yannick Bisson Lexa Doig Miranda Frigon Bruce Dawson Ellie Harvie Scott Lyster
librarian best friend newspaper reporter boyfriend dead person chief of police ex-cia agent detective murder suspect murder victim lighthearted engaging suspenseful united states town garden murder murder investigation investigation mystery
While staying at a cabin in the woods during the weekend, three teenage kids discover their neighbor is 'feeding' guests to her zombie family. In short order, the battle is on as the kids fight to save themselves and their family.
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
UK
2008
105 Minutes
Constantin Barbulescu Camelia Maxim Catalin Paraschiv Dan Popa Rudi Rosenfeld
detective vampire hunter killer witty suspenseful dark amusing romania small town village mysterious deaths vampire hunting vampires mystery murder framed for murder comedy mystery transformation 21st century
When the villagers killed Constantin Tirescu, they thought it was justice. Vlad Cozma thinks it was murder. Now Constantin thinks pickles might go nice with blood.
Drama
USA
1972
96 Minutes
Stacy Keach Jeff Bridges Susan Tyrrell Candy Clark Nicholas Colasanto Art Aragon Curtis Cokes Sixto Rodriguez Billy Walker Wayne Mahan Ruben Navarro
boxer trainer friend girlfriend gritty dark bleak california gym bar comeback boxing redemption alcoholism friendship aging pursuit rivalry underdog fall
Two men, working as professional boxers, come to blows when their careers each begin to take opposite momentum.
Drama
Japan
2008
114 Minutes
Hiroshi Abe You Yoshio Harada Ryôga Hayashi Haruko Kato Kirin Kiki Yui Natsukawa Hotaru Nomoto Kazuya Takahashi Shohei Tanaka
mother father son wife daughter stranger emotional dark family home japan family dysfunction grief death discovery transformation 2000s
A family gathers together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear.