Movies like STRAW
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STRAW (2025)
30K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
What will be her last straw? A devastatingly bad day pushes a hardworking single mother to the breaking point — and into a shocking act of desperation.
Style:
absurd, crying, detective, earnest, hot
Plot:
water, rain, hostage, sick child, loss of job, arrest, angry, bank manager, money, restaurant, hospital, african american, picture, tattoo, heat wave, telephone call, blood, veteran, cell phone, diabetic, elementary school, social worker, rainstorm, fan, layoff ...
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Most similar movies to STRAW
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, realistic, suspense and psychological films with plots about blood, murder, husband wife relationship, police, money, cigarette smoking and betrayal mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like STRAW: The Passenger (2023), Acrimony (2018), Sparks: The Price of Passion (1990), The Rip (2026), Supremacy (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Randolph Bradley is perfectly content fading into the background, but when his coworker Benson snaps and goes on a violent killing spree, he’s forced to face his fears and confront his troubled past in order to find a way to survive.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, romantic ...
Plot:
diner, childhood trauma, low self esteem, hostage, bullying, fast food restaurant, virgin, male virgin, 21 year old, murder, shooting, teacher ...
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A faithful wife takes action when it becomes clear to her that her devious husband has betrayed her.
Style:
rom com, emotional, tragic ending, rough, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
attempted murder, nervous breakdown, depression, divorce, courtroom, female psychopath, deception, financial problem, revenge, unfaithful husband, borderline personality disorder, husband wife relationship ...
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81%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A female mayor (Victoria Principal) of Albuquerque gets embroiled in a fight over the development of a new economic center. In the midst of this, she receives blackmail photos of an overnight fling she had with a stranger and threats of blackmail. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, epic ...
Plot:
serial killer, campus, investigation, society, law enforcement, dishonesty, mysterious character, state affairs, politics, rivalry, fighting the system, campaign ...
Time:
80s
Place:
denver colorado, new mexico, albuquerque new mexico
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Ava, a young bank professional is devastated when her husband Dallas abandons a marriage she is determined to fight for until fate intervenes, revealing Dallas' wicked deeds that have trashed their marriage, and once upon a time sabotaged ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, black cinema
Plot:
divorce, unhappy marriage, marriage, family problems, life is a bitch, troubled marriage, marital problem, crumbling marriage, relationship problems, marriage crisis, abusive husband, criminal ...
Similarity:
78%
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93K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Trust frays when a team of Miami cops discovers millions in cash inside a run-down stash house, calling everyone — and everything — into question.
Style:
f word
Plot:
sting operation, drug money, attic, rain, asian man, money, plot twist, hidden money, trust, angry, dirty cop, cell phone ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
miami, florida
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story centers on paroled white supremacist who has just killed a cop, and takes a black family hostage. Within hours of being released from 14 years of solitary confinement in maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison, Garrett Tully is on the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
hostage, family in danger, danger, murder, family relations, confined, kidnapped, home invasion, husband wife relationship, african american, hostage situation, blaxploitation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A rich man's wife finds she has a bad prenuptial agreement with an even worse husband. Over drinks with a stranger, she fantasizes about doing her husband in to void the prenupt. The stranger decides to turn her imagination into reality much to ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, surprise ending, detective, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
murder, african american protagonist, blackmail, inheritance, hitman, murder suspect, african american, home invasion, woman in jeopardy, psychopath, female protagonist, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
los angeles, new jersey, london, israel, australia
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A happy gay couple in Austin Texas allows a performance artist/hustler, Jonathon, to enter their lives while hiding from his past. His past with one of the couple will come back.
Style:
suspense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot:
gay couple, gay relationship, love triangle, friendship, murder, betrayal, deception, blackmail, lie, gay slur, fraud, dating ...
Place:
austin texas, dallas texas, texas
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A criminal defense attorney must choose between family, duty and her own dangerous desires when she takes on the case of an artist accused of murder.
Style:
psychological, captivating, absurd
Plot:
murder, infidelity, affair, lawyer, investigation, promiscuous woman, whodunit, criminal, unfaithful wife, cheating wife, problem, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their ...
Style:
psychological, creepy, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, photography, loneliness, loner, voyeurism, insanity, psychopath as protagonist, adultery, character study, female pubic hair, voyeur, photograph ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
america, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
48%
48K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A young pregnant woman named Mia escapes from a country at war by hiding in a maritime container aboard a cargo ship. After a violent storm, Mia gives birth to the child while lost at sea, where she must fight to survive.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, absurd ...
Plot:
pregnancy, lost at sea, lost, blood, survival, escape, sea, storm at sea, fleeing, runaway, pregnant woman, violence ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Dr. Vicki Westin has no idea that losing a patient is going to wreak complete havoc on her life. But that's exactly what happens: Her deceased patient's grieving father seeks vengeance by kidnapping Vicki's husband and daughter.
Style:
psychological thriller, neo noir
Plot:
husband wife relationship, kidnapping, doctor, abduction, police detective, drawing, sewer, female doctor, child in peril, ex husband ex wife relationship, car bomb, surgeon ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
47%
371
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A chemical engineer, who recently moved to town, struggles to find a way to kill a deadly new variant of Cryptosporidium that has infiltrated the town's water supply, causing people who drink it to die of thirst.
Style:
serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, heat wave, medicine, nypd, hospital, quarantine, danger, escapades, chases and races, race against time, couple relations, plague ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
sao paulo brazil
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A successful black businessman, haunted by his crumbling marriage and identity crisis, is drawn into a psychological game of cat and mouse with a mysterious white woman he encounters on a New York subway.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, intense, tragic ending ...
Plot:
race, identity, manipulation, subway, identity crisis, sexual tension, racial tension, cat and mouse, confrontation, sexual content, mystery woman, urban ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Just released from prison, a young woman arrives in town to "start a new life", but soon begins stalking a married construction worker for no apparent reason, turning his life inside out and eventually terrorizing him and his wife.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
stalking, released from prison, female stalker, being followed, manipulative woman, ex husband ex wife relationship, arrest, female masturbation, love triangle, bare breasts, jealous wife, manipulative behavior ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Against the anxieties and fears of post-9/11 America, an Arab cab driver picks up a troubled professional woman with unexpected results.
Style:
serious, disturbing, suspenseful, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, culture clash, war on terror, danger, love and romance, rivalry, post september 11 2001, injustice, male female relationship, world trade center manhattan new york city, father son relationship ...
Time:
september 11 2001, year 2005
Place:
new york, syria, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician -- the father of the kidnapped boy.
Style:
crying, ambiguous ending, detective
Plot:
video game, evil child, boat, sandwich, train, kidnapper, investigation, funeral, motel, rain, fish, control ...
Place:
massachusetts
Similarity:
45%
467
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Haunted by memories of his ex-girlfriend Alice, a heartbroken Billy returns home to Northern Virginia seeking solace from old friends. But what he finds there is more disconcerting: his best friend Stanley has become unstable, mysterious and ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, slasher ...
Plot:
murder, homecoming, best friend, couples, breakup, missing person, danger, friendship, campus, serial killer, suicide by gun, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia, usa
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.
Style:
absurd, pretentious, f word
Plot:
eviction, homeless, woman vomiting, money, tattoo on face, cross dressing, locker, old friend, night, rainstorm, african american man, 16 year old ...
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
With her life crashing down around her, Linda attempts to navigate her child's mysterious illness, her absent husband, a missing person, and an increasingly hostile relationship with her therapist.
Style:
tense, dark, suspense, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
female protagonist, absent husband, therapist, child illness, character study, emotional breakdown, missing person, trauma, mental health, isolation, betrayal, paranoia ...
Similarity:
43%
153K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage ...
Style:
sincere, tear jerker, tense, suspenseful, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hostage, hospital, injustice, twists and turns, organ donation, insurance, sick child, father son relationship, fighting the system, doctor, medical, parent child relationship ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.
Style:
sexy, artsy, suspense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
obsession, abusive husband, surrogate mother, manipulative woman, child, skinny dipping, family relations, pregnancy, murder, woman seduces a man, mother daughter relationship, female nudity ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
columbus ohio
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Pushed to the brink after losing her job, a woman struggles to survive. As the months pass and her troubles deepen, she embarks on a perilous and mysterious journey that threatens to usurp her life.
Style:
melancholic, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
black american, name calling, poverty, husband wife relationship, police detective, policewoman, lie, ambulance, theft, old woman, ex husband ex wife relationship, eviction notice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Alice Pratt, a hard working Christian woman, raised her two daughters while managing a simple diner of her own. Her snobbish and arrogant daughter Andrea graduated in Economic Science and works in a construction corporation while her sister Pam ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, crying ...
Plot:
family business, friendship, family relations, female friendship, mother daughter relationship, single mother, family life, working class, black, friends, couples, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April. A heavy-drinking ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty, black comedy ...
Plot:
couples, black, love affair, adolescence vs adulthood, family life, family relations, couple relations, love and romance, sexual content, madea, nightclub singer, love ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After finding a wallet in the street tepper calls the owner in order to return it. After making the call he discovers that the lottery ticket inside is a $6 million winner. To add to things his friends are on their way over for their weekly poker ...
Style:
surprise ending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
poker, gambling, african american, lottery ticket, ethics, group of friends, moral dilemma, lottery, mind game, dishonesty, cons and scams, casino ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Iran, France, Qatar, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.
Style:
suspense, cerebral, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
revenge, hospital, rape, ptsd, teacher, trauma, twists and turns, sexualized violence, marriage, stage play, actor, dialogue ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
iran, persia, maghreb, tehran iran, middle east ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the ...
Style:
suspense, tension, suspenseful, political, tense ...
Plot:
reporter, conspiracy, investigation, power plant, radiation, politics, journalism, nuclear power, whistleblower, disaster, murder, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, southern california, pennsylvania
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that a larger conspiracy may be at work.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, enigmatic, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
trial, sex scene, twists and turns, black cast, murder, black woman, court, crumbling relationship, depression, serial killer, murder mystery, accused of murder ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A famous psychiatrist (Ty Adams) takes on the job of trying to cure patients at the Sedah State Hospital, run by it's folksy doctor (Sam Delazo). All this takes a strange turn when a mysterious patient (Satan, he calls himself) enters the ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
devil, mental institution, mental illness, supernatural ability, doctors and patients, psychiatrist, black, satan, video surveillance, obsession, research, blaxploitation ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
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