Movies Like Keep Breathing – What to Watch Until Keep Breathing Season 2?

Keep Breathing, number 3 on Netflix’s top 10 most watched tv shows list, is a thriller drama about a young woman named Olivia (Melissa Barrera) and her attempts to survive a plane crash. The movie starts with Olivia waiting for her flight to Inuvik at an airport, but when she learns it gets delayed, she becomes nervous and tells one of the clerks working there that she has to be in Inuvik that day. Then a man named Sam comes for her help, saying he is a pilot and a National Geographic photographer, so Olivia takes a ride with him.

All does not end well when the plane crashes into a lake in Canada, and no one is around. When Sam and the other pilot die, Olivia must find a way to escape the wilderness.

Those who watched the series are divided in half as to whether or not they liked Keep Breathing. While many argue the show’s lead actress displays a fantastic performance, and the flashback scenes add great nuance to the story, some viewers say that they would rather this be a movie, as they feel the story could have been told in a shorter time. If you are one of those viewers who liked the show’s themes but complained about its run time, we have a list of movies like Keep Breathing that tell similar stories in a more compact medium.

1. Black Island

Black Island

A thriller like Keep Breathing, Black Island (2021) is a German film about a high school graduate Jonas who has just lost his parents in a tragic accident. Hoping for a new beginning, Jonas falls in love with a German language teacher Helena, who is new to the town. They start an intimate relationship, but Jonas does not know that Helena has some deadly plans.

2. The Weekend Away

The Weekend Away

The Weekend Away (2022) is about 2 female best friends, Kate (Christina Wolfe) and Beth (Leighton Meester), who go on a weekend trip annually. This year the 2 go to Croatia to have fun, but everything turns sour when Beth wakes up and finds her friend missing. After she learns that her friend is dead, Beth has to fight against the police, who think she is the one who killed Kate.

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3. Brazen

Brazen

Brazen (2022) is another film on our list of movies like Keep Breathing, and it is the most interesting movie on the list in terms of plot. It follows Grace, a superstar crime novelist, who visits her sister Kathleen. Grace learns that Kathleen lives in a rundown neighborhood and works as a phone sex operator for a company called Fantasy Inc. besides her day job of teaching. When one of the operators at Fantasy Inc. gets killed, Grace fears the same thing will happen to Kathleen and jumps on the case to solve the crime.

4. The Wedding Guest

The Wedding Guest

Brace yourselves because The Wedding Guest (2018) will not let you leave your seats. Starring Dev Patel as a mysterious British Muslim man, the movie follows him kidnapping a bride from a wedding and going on a run. The wedding is in Pakistan, and the bride is going through an arranged marriage. Why is this man kidnapping her? Is there someone else behind the plan? Watch and learn.

5. Intuition

Intuition

Intuition (2020) is an Argentine crime-thriller prequel to the 2018 movie Perdida. The movie follows a young police detective, Pipa, who is just beginning her career. Pipa starts working with her mentor Francisco Juánez on a murder case. But Pipa also has to investigate Francisco because of his mysterious actions and controversial past.

6. Hypnotic

Hypnotic

If you liked Keep Breathing, you may also enjoy Hypnotic (2021), a mystery thriller about Jenn, an unhappy and unemployed young woman. After sleeping with her ex, Brian, Jenn decides to change things in her life and starts seeing a therapist specializing in hypnotherapy. A few sessions in, Jenn’s professional and personal life is improved, but one thing is not good: she tried to kill Brian while she was hypnotized. So, she starts to question her doctor’s integrity and motivation.

7. Dangerous Lies

Dangerous Lies

Dangerous Lies (2020) is the last item on our list of movies like Keep Breathing. The film follows a young caregiver named Kate and her husband, Adam. When the old man Kate works for mysteriously dies and leaves all of his estates and possessions to Kate, people around her and the police get suspicious, thinking the couple might have a hand in the old man’s death.

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