Movies like Scenic Route (2013)
The best movies like Scenic Route (2013) are Beyond the Reach (2014), Desierto (2015) and Transpecos (2016). If Scenic Route hooked you with its drama and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedCold in July (2014)6.5/10 from 861 votes
- NewestNot Without Hope (2025)Released 2025
Beyond the Reach (2014)
A high-rolling corporate shark and his impoverished young guide play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDesierto (2015)
A group of Mexican emigrants attempts to cross the Mexican-US border. What begins as a hopeful journey becomes a harrowing, bloody and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante and his loyal Belgian Malinois dog chase the group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous borderland. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they discover there’s nowhere to hide from the unrelenting, merciless killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTranspecos (2016)
For three US Border Patrol agents, the contents of one car reveal an insidious plot within their own ranks. The next 24 hours may cost them their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisMojave (2016)
A suicidal artist goes into the desert, where he finds his doppelgänger, a homicidal drifter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSweet Virginia (2017)
A former rodeo star, now a motel manager, meets a young man who is responsible for the violence that suddenly has seized his small town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlack Rock (2012)
Three childhood friends set aside their personal issues and reunite for a girls’ weekend on a remote island off the coast of Maine. One wrong move turns their weekend getaway into a deadly fight for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisEden (2015)
After their plane crashes off the coast of a deserted Pacific island, the surviving members of an American soccer team find themselves in the most dire of circumstances with limited resources, dwindling food supply and no rescue coming any time soon. Team spirit evaporates as disagreements cause the group to separate into factions - a violent one lead by an unbalanced ruler, and a compassionate one led by a selfless player.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisUndertow (2004)
The Munns, father John and sons Chris and Tim, recede to the woods of rural Georgia. Their life together is forever changed with the arrival of Uncle Deel, though the tragedy that follows forces troubled Chris to become a man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFierce People (2006)
A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client in New Jersey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWalking Out (2017)
A city teen travels to Montana to go hunting with his estranged father, only for the strained trip to become a battle for survival when they encounter a grizzly bear.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like this247°F (2011)
Four friends travel to a lakeside cabin for a carefree weekend, but the fun turns into a nightmare when 3 of them end up locked in a hot sauna. Every minute counts and every degree matters as they fight for their lives in the heat up to 247°F.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBad Turn Worse (2014)
Three teenage friends get in way over their head when they cross a down-home crime syndicate. They hope to make a break for it and escape their dead-end existence in a cotton-mill town but get sucked into the seedy underbelly of organized crime when one of them steals from the wrong man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisNot Without Hope (2025)
A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLost in the Sun (2015)
A small time crook and a newly-orphaned teenage boy team up to perform a string of robberies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Canyon (2009)
A survival story about a honeymooning couple who get lost in the wide expanse of the Grand Canyon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDark Country (2009)
Two honeymooners rescue a mysterious car crash survivor in the Las Vegas desert. But their decision to save the man becomes increasingly regrettable when he turns on them, forcing the newlyweds to do the unthinkable.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisAbandoned (2016)
In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Frontier (2016)
A desperate young woman, on the run from the law, takes a job at a remote desert motel. She quickly discovers the motel's patrons are rendezvousing after a large robbery. With nothing to lose, and all to gain, she hatches a plan to steal their loot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Edge of Winter (2016)
When two brothers are stranded by a brutal winter storm with an unpredictable father they barely know, the boys begin to suspect their supposed protector may be their biggest threat.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisExtortion (2017)
A doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMean Dreams (2016)
When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl's corrupt father, who is also the sheriff of the town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCold in July (2014)
While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEnd of the Road (2022)
Recently widowed mom Brenda fights to protect her family during a harrowing road trip when a murder and a missing bag of cash plunge them into danger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPenthouse North (2013)
After losing her sight while working as a photojournalist in Afghanistan, Sara Frost, now reclusive, lives quietly in a New York penthouse with her boyfriend, until a smooth but sadistic criminal looking for a hidden fortune enters her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Captive (2014)
Eight years after their daughter Cassandra's abduction tore them apart, an estranged couple discover disturbing clues that indicate that she is still alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPeacock (2010)
A minor train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's reclusive bank clerk.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShut In (2016)
A widowed child psychologist lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. When caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisRestraint (2008)
Two fugitives land in hot water when they take a hostage who poses a threat to their well-being.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Parts You Lose (2019)
An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Little Trip to Heaven (2005)
Insurance investigator Abraham Holt travels to a tiny town in rural Minnesota to look into a particularly unusual insurance claim stemming from a horrific car accident. As Holt examines the scene of the wreck, it all seems a bit too perfect. And when he interviews Isold Mcbride and her shifty husband, Fred -- the impoverished beneficiaries of the massive, recently initiated life-insurance policy -- he begins to suspect that something is amiss.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Scenic Route?
The closest matches to Scenic Route are Beyond the Reach (2014), Desierto (2015) and Transpecos (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Scenic Route?
People who watched Scenic Route most often go on to Beyond the Reach (2014), Desierto (2015) and Transpecos (2016).
What is the highest-rated movie like Scenic Route?
Cold in July (2014), rated 6.5/10 by 861 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Scenic Route?
Not Without Hope (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Scenic Route?
Yes: Beyond the Reach (2014), Desierto (2015) and Transpecos (2016).
How are movies similar to Scenic Route chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Scenic Route, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.