Movies Like Adoption
If you liked Adoption (1979), a thriller and drama movie directed by Marc Grunebaum, 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.
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The Beasts (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller and dramaAntoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation. Everything should be…
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The Origin of Evil (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and dramaIn a luxurious seaside villa, a modest young woman finds herself in the company of a strange family: an unknown and wealthy father, his extravagant wife, his daughter, an ambitious woman, a rebellious teenager, and…
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The Wasp (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and dramaHeather bumps into Carla, having not spoken to her in years, and presents her with a very unexpected proposition that could change both of their lives forever.
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Bad Girl (2016)
★ 6/10Also thriller and dramaBad girl Amy is given one last chance by her adoptive parents, who think her friendship with local girl Chloe is a step in the right direction. But when Amy discovers that Chloe harbors a dark secret, she finds herself…
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Kompromat (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and dramaMathieu, a member of the French institute in Irkutsk, is arrested overnight by the Russian authorities. Imprisoned and accused of sexual abuse on his own daughter, he realises he is a victim of a Kompromat. With the…
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The Good Neighbor (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaA 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…
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The Hummingbird Project (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and dramaA pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.
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Rogue Agent (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and dramaConman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
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Blast (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and dramaIn a Parisian parking lot Sonia finds herself trapped in her car with her son and the daughter of her boyfriend Fred, who has been left outside, powerless to deal with the situation: an anti-tank mine has been set…
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Michou d'Auber (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and thrillerSet in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so decides to put him and his older…
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Not Without Hope (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaA group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
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Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaHigh-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned…
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The House on Carroll Street (1988)
★ 6/10Also drama and thrillerA reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house…
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Lila & Eve (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and dramaLila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son’s murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own hands to track down her son’s killers.
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Chatroom (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thrillerWhen strangers Jim, Eva, Emily and Mo meet William online in his new 'Chelsea Teens!' chatroom, they're completely seduced by his fast-talking, charismatic character. But beneath the surface lies a much darker truth…
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6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and dramaAn adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he…
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Magpie (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaA couple's lives are thrown into disarray when their daughter is cast opposite a controversial major star.
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Goliath (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and dramaPatrick is a tenacious lawyer specializing in environmental law. France is a schoolteacher who becomes an activist after her husband develops cancer from exposure to a pesticide. Mathias is an ambitious lobbyist…
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24 Days (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerWhen Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".
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Light It Up (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerOn a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.