Okay, so I’ve been on this huge crime thriller kick lately, and “Wind River” totally blew me away. I wanted more of that gritty, suspenseful vibe, so I started digging around for similar movies. Here’s how I went about it.
The Initial Search
First, I just straight-up Googled “movies similar to Wind River”. You know, the basic approach. I got a bunch of lists, but they were kinda all over the place. Some suggestions were spot-on, others, not so much.
Narrowing Down the Criteria
So, I started thinking about what I really loved about “Wind River”. It wasn’t just the crime aspect, it was:
- The remote, snowy setting. That feeling of isolation was huge.
- The slow-burn tension. It wasn’t all action, all the time.
- The focus on characters dealing with real, raw emotions.
- No big city cop, so I don’t want this element.
Diving Deeper
Based on the above ideas, and I went back to searching, but this time I used phrases like:
- “crime thrillers set in remote locations”
- “slow burn mystery movies”
- “movies about grief and justice”
I also used some movie sites, just browsing through their “thriller” and “mystery” sections, looking at posters and reading short descriptions to get a feel for the movies.
Filtering the Results
This is where it got a little tedious, I must say. I had to weed out a lot of movies that didn’t quite fit. For example, some were set in the wilderness, but were more survival stories than crime thrillers. Others were too fast-paced and action-packed. I wanted that deliberate, quiet intensity, you know?
And I made my own movie list to watch.
The Watch List
Here my own simple movie list I made, I watched serveral of them, and all of them are great!
- Prisoners(2013)
- Hold the Dark (2018)
- The Frozen Ground (2013)
I watched and checked the movies I found, it felt pretty good. So this is my way to find the movies similar to wind river, hope you like it.
