Movies Like Upstream, Downriver

If you liked Upstream, Downriver (2022), a movie directed by Maggie Burnette Stogner, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Nowhere to Run (1993)
★ 6.6/10
Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.
2
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Batman Be-Leaguered (2014)
★ 6.5/10
When Batman, claiming to be a loner, refuses to join the Justice League, he is drawn into working with them when they are kidnapped one-by-one and held prisoner by one of Batman's nemeses.
3
The Fifth Estate (2013)
★ 6/10
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between…
4
Brubaker (1980)
★ 7.1/10
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
5
The Last Survivors (2014)
★ 6.1/10
In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open.
6
Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)
★ 5.9/10
Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.
7
Injustice (2021)
★ 7.3/10
When Lois Lane is killed, an unhinged Superman decides to take control of the Earth. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of freedom-fighting heroes. But when superheroes go to war, can the world survive?
8
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
★ 7.7/10
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's…
9
Vesper (2022)
★ 6.2/10
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…
10
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
★ 8.1/10
Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic…
11
Audrey (2020)
★ 7.1/10
An unprecedented and intimate look at the life, work and enduring legacy of British actress Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993).
12
Eraser (1996)
★ 6.1/10
Eraser, an elite federal marshal who "erases" the pasts of jeopardized informers and relocates them into safe anonymity, must protect a moving target who stands to uncover a conspiracy that could shift the balance of…
13
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons - The Movie (2020)
★ 7/10
The assassin Deathstroke tries to save his family from the wrath of H.I.V.E. and the murderous Jackal.
14
Justice League (2017)
★ 6.1/10
Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the…
15
Justice League: Doom (2012)
★ 7.4/10
An adaptation of Mark Waid's "Tower of Babel" story from the JLA comic. Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of the Justice League, and learns all their weaknesses.
16
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
★ 7.1/10
Robert Dupea spends his days doing various odd jobs, drinking and womanizing until an encounter with his sister makes him revisit his past.
17
The Killer's Game (2024)
★ 6.4/10
When top hitman Joe Flood is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take matters into his own hands – by taking a hit out on himself. But when the very hitmen he hired also target his ex-girlfriend, he must…
18
The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
★ 6.4/10
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.
19
Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman (2003)
★ 6.7/10
As if the Penguin wasn't enough to contend with, a new vigilante has surfaced in Gotham City, and her strong-arm tactics give Batman cause for concern. Being the World's Greatest Detective and The Dark Knight, he sets…
20
Erin Brockovich (2000)
★ 7.4/10
A twice-divorced mother of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins -- with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses…