Movies like Rapids
The best movies like Rapids are Goodbye June (2025), The Safety of Objects (2002) and I Believe in Unicorns (2015). If Rapids hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedIf Anything Happens I Love You (2020)7.7/10 from 1,029 votes
- NewestSupplies (2026)Released 2026
Goodbye June (2025)
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Safety of Objects (2002)
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Believe in Unicorns (2015)
Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHounddog (2008)
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBastard Out of Carolina (1996)
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIf Anything Happens I Love You (2020)
Grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child after a tragic school shooting.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHere (2024)
An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Truth About Emanuel (2013)
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEleanor the Great (2025)
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDon't Make Me Go (2022)
A terminally ill man and his teenage daughter embark on a road trip from California to New Orleans for his 20th college reunion. While there, he secretly hopes she can reunite with the mother who left them long ago.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRogue Agent (2022)
Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStrange Weather (2016)
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Glass House (2001)
When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the beginning of a new life for them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fallout (2021)
In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUnthinkable (2010)
The government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It's up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent to find out exactly where the nukes are.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlue Heron (2026)
A family of six's fresh start on 1990s Vancouver Island unravels as their youngest child, Sasha, witnesses the increasingly dangerous behavior of her older brother, Jeremy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last Rifleman (2023)
A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Young One (1960)
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them (2014)
A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShadow (2023)
SHADOW unfolds in Athens, exploring the complexities of marriage through its female protagonist. Blending shadow theory with psychological depth, it reveals hidden struggles and desires as she embarks on a journey of self-discovery.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Memoria (2021)
After hearing a loud 'bang' at daybreak, a Scottish woman begins experiencing a mysterious sensory syndrome while traversing the jungles of Colombia.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPremiers Rayons (TBA)
In the middle of the night, in a deserted mall, a young cashier and a lost man meet each other around a cup of instant noodles and a broken computer.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Donde aún te escucho (TBA)
A band reunites in their rehearsal room to collect their bassist's belongings, months after his death. As memories resurface, a strange sound leads the vocalist, overwhelmed by grief, into the woods.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
I Steal Your Breath (TBA)
On a psychedelic night, the protagonist speaks endlessly to his friends, friends we never hear. Beneath his loud, crude monologue, a different figure slowly emerges, someone who uses every word to push the world away. The film becomes an intimate journey into a mind that builds its own walls, only to lose itself within them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Natsukashii (TBA)
Happy nostalgia. Natsukashii tells the story of one night of remembering, as memories of a certain time, and a certain person, come flooding back.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Jess + Moss (2011)
Jess, age 18, and Moss, age 12 are second cousins in the dark-fire tobacco fields of rural Western Kentucky. Without immediate families that they can relate to, and lacking friends their own age, they only have each other. Over the course of a summer they venture on a journey exploring deep secrets and hopes of a future while being confronted with fears of isolation, abandonment and an unknown tomorrow.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Supplies (2026)
Some time after the outbreak of a global pandemic that turned humans into mindless, terrifying monsters, two young survivors bound together by a necessary need for survival flee their homes in search of safety.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
i think about you all the time (2026)
An unofficial music video for the song 'i think about you all the time' by Deftones. After a rough patch in an already strained relationship, Cian uses a surreal outlet in an attempt to remedy the connection with his partner.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Peninsula (2025)
A weekend in the city park is meant for recreational activities. During a twenty minute period, several men seek out a way to pass their time at a cruising spot located in the heart of a small peninsular grove.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Rapids?
The closest matches to Rapids are Goodbye June (2025), The Safety of Objects (2002) and I Believe in Unicorns (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Rapids?
Start with Goodbye June (2025), the closest match to Rapids.
What is the highest-rated movie like Rapids?
If Anything Happens I Love You (2020), rated 7.7/10 by 1,029 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Rapids?
Supplies (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Rapids?
Yes: Goodbye June (2025), The Safety of Objects (2002) and I Believe in Unicorns (2015).
How are movies similar to Rapids chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Rapids, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.