Movies like The Strays 2023
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The Strays (2023)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Black woman's meticulously crafted life of privilege starts to unravel when two strangers show up in her quaint suburban town.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological thriller
Plot:
husband and wife, life, life is a bitch, changing lives, city, society, female protagonist, problem, lifestyle change, middle class, mysterious character, basketball, divorce, male nudity, weightlifting, private school, diner, half brother, underage drinking, estranged daughter, estranged son, town, half sister, hindi, arrival ...
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Most similar movies to The Strays
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, suspenseful and thrilling films with plots about problem, life is a bitch, female protagonist, investigation, secret, relationships and family relations mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Strays: Luckiest Girl Alive (2022), Stolen (2024), Game Over (2019), Maternal Obsession (2008), God's Crooked Lines (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
Style:
psychological, emotional, tense, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
traumatic past, school shooting, painful memories, journalism, female protagonist, rape, gang rape, female journalist, confronting the past, investigative reporter, life is a bitch, undercover ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young woman struggles to defend her Sámi heritage in a world where xenophobia is on the rise, climate change is threatening reindeer herding, and young people choose suicide in the face of collective desperation.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, compassionate, intense ...
Plot:
winter, xenophobia, female protagonist, life is a bitch, problem, social problems, reindeer, inheritance, angry, taunting, suicide, cold weather ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Swapna, a nyctophobic game designer on a turbulent road to recovery from an incident that scarred her deeply, has to fight her inner demons to stay alive in the game called life.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
time loop, fight, murder, female protagonist, life is a bitch, social problems, fear, serial killer, time, resurrection, rape, home invasion ...
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Her pill-addicted mom wants to make sure that her daughter stays with her always and will do anything to destroy her relationship with men including getting the guys beaten up, poisoning a dog, cutting herself intentionally and bringing a gun to her ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
female protagonist, sabotage, stalker, mother daughter conflict, relationships, family relations, life is a bitch, problem, relationship problems, mother daughter relationship, family problems, mother and daughter ...
Similarity:
85%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
female detective, murder investigation, mental disorder, uncover truth, police investigation, crime investigation, investigation, working undercover, murder mystery, secret, psychiatric patient, psychiatric ward ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Karen lives alone with her son since he was separated from her husband. One night she meets a man who has all the qualities to be perfect, and they begin a wonderful relationship. But calls from an unknown constant concern to Karen, as suspected her ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
mother, stalker, life is a bitch, love affair, relationships, male female relationship, relationship problems, marital problem, female protagonist, psychological manipulation, domestic drama, suspicion ...
Place:
kansas city
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Three best friends head on a road trip into the desert for one final camping adventure, but dark secrets are revealed that will change their lives forever.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
desert, problem, girlfriend, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, changing lives, female protagonist, group of friends, camp, secret, friends, women, threat to kill ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ben wakes up from an artificial coma after a failed mission. The personal protector has to deal with the fact that he could not prevent the death of a little girl. In order to recover, the BKA officer takes a break from the police service and drives ...
Style:
crime drama, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
coma, life is a bitch, problem, troubled past, deception, confronting the past, police investigation, police officer, cold case, investigation, guilt, family drama ...
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Coming off a lengthy prison sentence, Mike White is coming home to a world changed drastically by technology and a mindset of just trying to live a normal life running his Gentlemen's club and taking care of his family.
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
ex convict, prison, organized crime, life is a bitch, problem, changing lives, lifestyle change, family drama, getting home, gangster, mafia, urban ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A story that follows a family of four leading harmonious and contented lives. When a mysterious visitor starts residing in their basement, their lives are turned upside down as strange events begin to occur.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, disturbing, captivating, mystical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
privacy invasion, noisy neighbor, neighbor, life is a bitch, changing lives, mysterious stranger, mysterious man, mysticism, undercover, lifestyle change, life, secret identity ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young woman returns to her birthplace after her father's death and unearths distant memories and long-buried secrets that change everything she thought she knew about her family, past and herself.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, suspense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, family secret, rural area, life is a bitch, getting home, secret, countryside, crime solving, private investigation, murder investigation, sleuth ...
Place:
new england
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Posy Pinkerton needs to step out of her shell. For this late-20s serial monogamist, life has been smooth sailing. She's got Tom, her doctor fiancé; her burgeoning career as a medical illustrator and a side hobby as a visual artist. But after a ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological
Plot:
alter ego, secret, love affair, split personality, couple relations, in love, intrigue, love interest, duplicity, female protagonist, love triangle, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An old and lonely writer's life is turned around when a young woman comes into his life and one day a uninvited guest comes and makes things more complicated.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, banned
Plot:
life is a bitch, self discovery, introspection, writer's life, secret, surprise visitor, problem, writers, changing lives, lifestyle change, self acceptance, seductress ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
81%
384
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young female escapes her past and absconds to England in search of a new life. She takes a job caring for a tetraplegic, but burden of the job stirs up her past. It seems the limits of caring are not always as clear as they should be.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller
Plot:
quadriplegic, abuse, escape, female protagonist, tragic past, nursing, life is a bitch, confronting the past, rehabilitation, public health, escapism, disability ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Drowning in debt, child support and bills all while white knuckling it through sobriety, Francis is coming undone. When his roommate, Shelly, goes missing, Francis is thrown headlong into her private world; a slip stream of money, violence and ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
puzzle, mysterious disappearance, investigation, private investigation, money, life is a bitch, problem, money problems, disappearance, secret, debt, small town ...
Place:
minnesota
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Rudi, a polite and quiet office hand, shares a special bond with his elderly grandpa. When Grandpa falls victim to a uniquely heartless phone scam that breaks his spirit and his health, Rudi decides he’s not going to let the petty criminals get ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, retro
Plot:
scam, crime investigation, vigilantism, grandson, grandfather grandson relationship, grandfather, revenge, con game, problem, lifestyle change, family problems, changing lives ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Elle Overton, a college student, becomes obsessed with Katie Kampenfelt, the mysterious heroine of a novel she's just finished reading. When Elle, battling depression, becomes convinced that Katie is actually a flesh-and-blood human being, it ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
obsession, depression, mental illness, obsessed fan, possessed woman, female protagonist, problem, paranoia, character study, internet culture, identity crisis, stalking ...
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A kindly nurse tries to unlock the secrets of a coma patient's injuries — and discovers the bitter rivalry, infidelity, betrayal and murder behind them.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological thriller, psychological, post modern
Plot:
affair, unfaithful wife, male female relationship, problem, relationships, intrigue, relationship problems, female protagonist, revenge, orphan, capture, tennis ...
Similarity:
79%
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114
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 194 min.
Story:
Psychological thriller about a woman child-protection officer tramautized by her stillbirth who befriends a woman in hospital and then becomes convinced that the daughter is being abused.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
female protagonist, stillbirth, motherhood, trauma, mental disorder, life is a bitch, mother daughter relationship, family relations, kids in trouble, domestic violence, loss of child, child abuse ...
Similarity:
79%
7K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
On the eve of her 38th birthday, a woman desperately attempts to fix her broken biological clock.
Style:
psychological, serious, dread, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
woman, life, wanting a baby, life is a bitch, health, female protagonist, women, motherhood, problem, health situation, pregnancy, egg ...
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Egypt
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A seemingly traditional journey of a young sheikh in a governmental mosque who moves from leading prayers to becoming a TV celebrity issuing "fatwas" that are accepted by millions who have become fans of his as a result of his courage and ...
Style:
thought provoking, religious drama, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
moral ambiguity, social commentary, hypocrisy, power struggle, ethical dilemma, fundamentalism, self discovery, life is a bitch, social problems, society, changing lives, lifestyle change ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
egypt, middle east
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
The story takes place in a hilly village on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. The story is about a strict police officer who relocates there and the subsequent events that turn his and many other's lives upside down associated with that police ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime thriller, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
police, problem, police officer, countryside, police detective, secrets, police station, police procedural, investigation, village life, suspicion, slow burn ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After her husband is devastated by a tragic accident, a devoted wife obsesses over a mysterious portrait that resembles him as he was; but when it starts to terrorize her, she must decide if it's possessed or if she's losing her mind.
Style:
psychological horror, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
problem, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, possessed, changing lives, obsession, family tragedy, lifestyle change, marital problem, family problems, tragedy ...
Similarity:
79%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman discover her husband is having an online affair and that his internet lover is dangerously obsessed with him.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
stalker, woman seduces a man, obsession, stalking, problem, romantic relationship, family relations, relationships, family problems, unfaithful husband, relationship problems, affair ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
78%
658
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Walter is a 60-year-old removal man for forced evictions. He recognizes in one of the tenants about to be evicted his estranged son, Jan. In order to help Jan, Walter has to confront not only his crooked boss but also his own past.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, psychological
Plot:
father son relationship, eviction, eviction notice, relationships, problem, family relations, tragic past, father and son, father, family problems, alienation, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
germany
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Bella sees her parents killed during a home invasion. Afterwards, she keeps waking up in a strange white room and the past keeps playing over and over. Bella must solve the mystery of the White Room and move on, but to where?
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological horror, twist ending, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, room, life & death, confronting the past, tragic past, troubled past, mental disorder, murder witness, murder, life is a bitch, problem, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Samir is the head of a small family and a bank employee and stable in his work, but separated after the decision to reduce the employment and then surprise that his bank balance zero and after days find a box with a mobile phone to meet a call ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
espionage, surveillance, family relations, changing lives, problem, relationships, social problems, lifestyle change, money problems, money falling through the air, secret organization, conspiracy ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Satya, a Suspended Cop, who lost his wife in mysterious circumstances, unexpectedly gets hold of a case which relates to his wife's death. He's starts investigating which eventually hunts down his past and brings chaos in his life. How ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
investigation, death of wife, police investigation, fighting crime, sleuth, undercover, battles, loss of wife, murder investigation, private investigator, bereavement, murderer ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Identical twins Anna and Zoe find their bond tested over Anna's new love, Nick. While the trusting Anna is head over heels, her skeptical sister Zoe senses a web of deceit. But as Zoe digs for the truth, they're all pulled into a dangerous ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
twin sister, twins, family problems, male female relationship, family relations, relationships, secret, problem, relationship problems, male nudity, multiple personality disorder, sister sister relationship ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 239 min.
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Story:
Doctor Joseph O'Loughlin a man who appears to have the perfect life and a successful career as a clinical psychologist.
But nothing can be taken for granted, even the most flawless existence is only a loose thread away from unravelling.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, thrilling, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
suspect, murder mystery, investigation, uncover truth, life is a bitch, secret, sleuth, forensics, crime investigation, problem, police procedural, mental illness ...
Similarity:
78%
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