Movies like Catch the Fair One (2022)
The best movies like Catch the Fair One (2022) are Wind River (2017), Galveston (2018) and Beyond the Reach (2014). If Catch the Fair One hooked you with its thriller and mystery, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedNobody (2021)7.9/10 from 8,914 votes
- NewestWildcat (2025)Released 2025
Wind River (2017)
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisBeyond 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 thisVengeance (2022)
Ben, a journalist from New York City, travels to West Texas in order to investigate the death of a girl he was hooking up with while recording a murder mystery podcast along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWild Indian (2021)
Decades after covering up his classmate’s murder, Michael has moved on from his reservation and fractured past. When a man who shares his violent secret seeks vengeance, Michael goes to great lengths to protect his new life with his wife and boss from the demons of his past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisAbsolution (2024)
An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children. He is determined to leave a positive legacy for his grandson, but the criminal underworld isn’t done with him and won’t loosen their grip willingly.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisIn the Blood (2014)
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisTatami (2024)
Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championships, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose, or she will be branded a traitor of the state. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: comply with the Iranian regime as her coach Maryam implores her to do, or fight on, for the gold.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRelentless (2018)
An American mother searches for her daughter who was kidnapped by human traffickers in Central America.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Thunderheart (1992)
A young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPig (2021)
A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must visit Portland to find the mysterious person who stole his beloved foraging pig.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWildcat (2025)
An ex-black ops team reunite to pull off a desperate heist in order to save the life of their leader’s eight-year-old daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSerenity (2019)
The quiet life of Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain who lives on the isolated Plymouth Island, where he spends his days obsessed with capturing an elusive tuna while fighting his personal demons, is interrupted when someone from his past comes to him searching for help.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisBlue Ruin (2014)
When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. However, he proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEvery Secret Thing (2014)
One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released into a town that hasn't fully forgiven or forgotten. Soon, another child is missing, and two detectives are called in to investigate the mystery in a community where everyone seems to have a secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLow Tide (2019)
In the long days of summer in a beach town on the New Jersey shore, high schooler Alan and his friends Red and Smitty break into vacation homes to steal valuables, funding dates at the boardwalk and lunches at the burger stand. When Alan and his younger brother Peter find a bag of gold coins, they try to hide them from the others — but Red, suspicious and violently unpredictable, seems willing to do anything to get the money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBarracuda (2017)
Sinaloa hitchhikes into Texas to meet Merle, her half-sister by way of their dead country musician father. As the two get to know each other, Sinaloa's chaotic influence starts to unravel Merle's quiet, comfortable life. While the family music legacy brought Sinaloa to Austin, she won't leave without taking revenge against the people who stole her daddy away years ago.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
The Marksman (2021)
Jim Hanson’s quiet life is suddenly disturbed by two people crossing the US/Mexico border – a woman and her young son – desperate to flee a Mexican cartel. After a shootout leaves the mother dead, Jim becomes the boy’s reluctant defender. He embraces his role as Miguel’s protector and will stop at nothing to get him to safety, as they go on the run from the relentless assassins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBuried in Barstow (2022)
Hazel King is a single mother determined to shield her daughter from the life she once had as a hit woman while defending and protecting those who can't protect themselves. Her dark past comes back to haunt her, despite her desire for a quiet life in Barstow.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRoad House (2024)
Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNobody (2021)
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisYou Were Never Really Here (2017)
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Day as a Lion (2023)
Jackie Powers will stop at nothing to prevent his son from following him into a life of crime. With his mob employer in pursuit, a chance encounter at a roadside diner charts a new path.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDoor Mouse (2023)
A burlesque dancer with dreams of becoming a comic book artist investigates the disappearance of a close friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Gone (2012)
Jill Conway is trying to rebuild her life after escaping a terrifying kidnapping. Though she is having a difficult time, she takes small steps toward normalcy by starting a new job and inviting her sister, Molly, to move in with her. Returning home from work one morning, Jill discovers that Molly has vanished, and she is certain that the same man who previously abducted her has returned for revenge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRiver Wild (2023)
Follows a pair of siblings who love but distrust each other as they embark on a white-water rafting trip with a small group. One of their friends from childhood turns out to be more dangerous than he appears.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Tall Man (2012)
When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDark Places (2015)
A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & mystery
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Catch the Fair One?
The closest matches to Catch the Fair One are Wind River (2017), Galveston (2018) and Beyond the Reach (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Catch the Fair One?
People who watched Catch the Fair One most often go on to Wind River (2017), Galveston (2018) and Beyond the Reach (2014).
What is the highest-rated movie like Catch the Fair One?
Nobody (2021), rated 7.9/10 by 8,914 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Catch the Fair One?
Wildcat (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Catch the Fair One?
Yes: Wind River (2017), Galveston (2018) and Beyond the Reach (2014).
How are movies similar to Catch the Fair One chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Catch the Fair One, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.