Movies Like Sweeping Plains

If you liked Sweeping Plains (1976), a movie directed by Ken Hannam, 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
The Dead (1987)
★ 6.9/10
After a convivial holiday dinner party, things begin to unravel when a husband and wife address some prickly issues concerning their marriage.
2
Rope (1948)
★ 7.9/10
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
3
The Perfect Host (2010)
★ 6.4/10
Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs…
4
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
★ 6.6/10
Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes…
5
Winged Creatures (2009)
★ 5.9/10
A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an…
6
Falling Down (1993)
★ 7.4/10
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
7
Incoming (2024)
★ 6.4/10
Their first week of high school. The biggest party of the year. Mistakes will be made as four teenage boys navigate a night of mayhem and debauchery.
8
Blackbird (2019)
★ 6.7/10
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
9
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
★ 6.9/10
Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.
10
Carnage (2011)
★ 7.2/10
Two pairs of parents hold a cordial meeting after their sons are involved in a fight, though as their time together progresses, increasingly childish behavior throws the discussion into chaos.
11
Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
12
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
★ 7.3/10
When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners. His wife, Georgina, is especially disgusted by…
13
The Good Neighbor (2022)
★ 6.7/10
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and…
14
The Last House on the Left (2009)
★ 6.5/10
When athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no…
15
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954)
★ 7.1/10
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
16
Jolt (2021)
★ 6.5/10
A bouncer with an anger management problem goes on a furious and resentful rampage after the murder of a friend.
17
Guns Up (2025)
★ 6.5/10
When a job goes horribly wrong, an ex-cop and family man who moonlights as a mob henchman has one night to get his family out of the city.
18
72 HOURS (2026)
★ 6.8/10
To save his career, a 40-year-old ad exec joins a crew of twentysomethings for a wild Miami bachelor party after they mistakenly add him to a group chat.
19
The Batman (2022)
★ 7.7/10
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
20
Duplex (2003)
★ 6.1/10
When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!