Movies like Coyote Lake (2019)
The best movies like Coyote Lake (2019) are Thumper (2017), Cop Car (2015) and Kissing Candice (2018). If Coyote Lake hooked you with its thriller and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedTouch of Evil (1958)7.7/10 from 1,686 votes
- NewestBreeder (2026)Released 2026
Thumper (2017)
In a town of low-income and fractured families, a group of teens are lured into working for a dangerous drug dealer. A new girl arrives who hides a dangerous secret that will impact everybody and change their lives forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCop Car (2015)
Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKissing Candice (2018)
Candice longs to escape the boredom of her seaside town, but when a boy she dreams about turns up in real life, she becomes involved with a dangerous local gang.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
The Stand at Paxton County (2020)
A military veteran comes home to find her father harassed by a sheriff intent on confiscating the livestock on their ranch under shady pretenses.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Transpecos (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 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 thisThe Girl on the Mountain (2022)
When a reclusive backwoodsman finds a mute little girl wandering alone in the forest, he must protect her from the evil forces determined to end her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
No Man's Land (2021)
Late one night, Bill Greer and his son Jackson patrol their ranch when Jackson accidentally kills an immigrant Mexican boy. When Bill tries to take the blame for his son, Jackson flees south on horseback, becoming a gringo "illegal alien" in Mexico. Chased by Texas Rangers and Mexican federales, Jackson journeys across Mexico to seek forgiveness from the dead boy's father only to fall in love with the land he was taught to hate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Windfall (2022)
In an opulent vacation home, a mysterious intruder is forced to kidnap the property owners -- a wealthy CEO and his wife -- when they arrive unexpectedly.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisGod's Country (2022)
When a grieving college professor confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she's drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
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 thisSwamp Lion (2021)
A father in a Texas border town starts trafficking drugs to pay for his son's cancer treatment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Dreamland (2019)
Amid the dust storms and economic depression of Dust Bowl Era Oklahoma, Eugene Evans finds his family farm on the brink of foreclosure. Discovering fugitive bank robber Allison Wells hiding in his small town, he is torn between claiming the bounty on her head and his growing attraction to the seductive criminal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisNocturnal Animals (2016)
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDeath on the Border (2023)
Two determined women vie to escape their abusive relationships with a dirty Detective at rock bottom, determined to move sex trafficked girls over the Mexican border.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Tomato Red (2017)
When small town drifter Sammy Barlach drives into Venus Holler in search for his next cold beer and the bunch that'll have him, he gets a lot more than he bargained for, namely food, lodging and the possibility of a better future, thanks to crimson-haired Jamalee and her brother Jason, who dream of hitting the big time. Breaks aren't easy to come by, though, if you live in Venus Holler. Powerless against the forces of corruption and prejudice, the hardest things Sammy has to battle are the demons inside his own head.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Blood Money (2017)
Three friends on a wilderness excursion must outrun a white collar criminal hellbent on retrieving his cash, but soon their greed turns them against each other. A modern re-telling of Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisGalveston (2018)
After a violent encounter, Roy finds Rocky and sees something in her eyes that prompts a fateful decision. He takes her with him as he flees to Galveston, an action as ill-advised as it is inescapable.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSelling Isobel (2019)
Based on a true story ~ Isobel goes for a job interview, gets locked in and sex trafficked for 3 consecutive days.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Rebel Ridge (2024)
A former Marine confronts corruption in a small town when local law enforcement unjustly seizes the bag of cash he needs to post his cousin's bail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlood and Money (2020)
A retired veteran hunting in the Allagash backcountry of Maine discovers a dead woman with a duffle bag full of money. He soon finds himself in a web of deceit and murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
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 thisThe Integrity of Joseph Chambers (2023)
Fearing the apocalypse, an insurance salesman sets off into the woods on a solo hunting experiment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Cinnamon (2023)
Follows a struggling small-town gas station attendant and aspiring singer, Jodi Jackson, whose life is sent into a tailspin when there’s a robbery at work.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Aftermath (2017)
A fatal plane crash changes the lives of Roman and Jake forever. Roman loses his wife and daughter in the accident, while Jake loses his mind—as he happens to be the air traffic controller who failed to avert the nightmare. Rage and revenge engulfs Roman and Jake finds himself swamped with guilt and regret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisEarthquake Bird (2019)
Tokyo, Japan, 1989. Lucy Fly, a foreigner who works as a translator, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a mysterious man obsessed with photography.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Girl (2012)
A young Texan mother who loses her child to foster care begins smuggling Mexicans across the border.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Breeder (2026)
An eccentric poodle breeder lures a broke college student to her remote ranch with a promise of research funding. But, as he soon learns, there’s a catch.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Touch of Evil (1958)
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBraven (2018)
A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Coyote Lake?
The closest matches to Coyote Lake are Thumper (2017), Cop Car (2015) and Kissing Candice (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Coyote Lake?
People who watched Coyote Lake most often go on to Thumper (2017), Cop Car (2015) and Kissing Candice (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like Coyote Lake?
Touch of Evil (1958), rated 7.7/10 by 1,686 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Coyote Lake?
Breeder (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Coyote Lake?
Yes: Thumper (2017), Cop Car (2015) and Kissing Candice (2018).
How are movies similar to Coyote Lake chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Coyote Lake, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.