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Movies Like The Mayor

If you liked The Mayor (2017), a drama and thriller movie directed by Park In-je, 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. 1Hereafter

    Hereafter (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.

  2. 22073

    2073 (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and drama

    Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and…

  3. 3The Con Artists

    The Con Artists (2014)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A wily safecracker is forced to help a mob boss pull off a $150 million heist, but smells a double-cross in the works.

  4. 4The River

    The River (1984)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from…

  5. 5Lord of the Flies

    Lord of the Flies (1963)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and thriller

    Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to…

  6. 6Stormageddon

    Stormageddon (2015)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and thriller

    What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human…

  7. 7The Batman

    The Batman (2022)

    ★ 7.7/10Also thriller

    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.

  8. 8Sunflower

    Sunflower (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Tae-sik gets out of a prison after spending 10 years for killing a man and wishes nothing but an ordinary life. A local lady welcomes him into her household like a son and he gets a second chance in life. His former…

  9. 9Remember

    Remember (2015)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and thriller

    With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.

  10. 10Decibel

    Decibel (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller

    A former Naval officer with a dark past must face off against an insurgent with a sound sensitive bomb.

  11. 11Milk

    Milk (2008)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for…

  12. 12The Lazarus Project

    The Lazarus Project (2008)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and thriller

    After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an…

  13. 13The Parts You Lose

    The Parts You Lose (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and thriller

    An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.

  14. 14Colossal

    Colossal (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.

  15. 15Gravity

    Gravity (2013)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller and drama

    Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.

  16. 16The Fugitive

    The Fugitive (1993)

    ★ 7.5/10Also thriller and drama

    Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.

  17. 17King and the Clown

    King and the Clown (2005)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and thriller

    Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a chance to save their lives if they can…

  18. 18On Fire

    On Fire (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller

    Inspired by true and harrowing events, an ordinary man finds his world suddenly torn apart as devastating wildfires rip through the surrounding countryside. With precious moments ticking by, he must flee with his son…

  19. 19The Book of Henry

    The Book of Henry (2017)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and thriller

    Susan, a single mother of two, works as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother…

  20. 20John Q

    John Q (2002)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and thriller

    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…

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