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Movies Like Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts

If you liked Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017), a thriller and drama movie directed by Mouly Surya, 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. 1Brimstone

    Brimstone (2016)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller and western

    In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.

  2. 2A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

    A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and drama

    The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local…

  3. 3Walking Tall: Lone Justice

    Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller and drama

    In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the…

  4. 4The Nightingale

    The Nightingale (2018)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and thriller

    In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of…

  5. 5The Outrage

    The Outrage (1964)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and western

    At a disused railway station, three men -- a con artist, a preacher, and a prospector -- discuss the recent trial and sentencing of the outlaw Juan Carrasco for the murder of a man and the rape of his wife. In their…

  6. 6El Gringo

    El Gringo (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller

    A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.

  7. 7Coffy

    Coffy (1973)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and drama

    After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her…

  8. 8Deadwood: The Movie

    Deadwood: The Movie (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western and drama

    Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable…

  9. 9The Proposition

    The Proposition (2005)

    ★ 7/10Also western and drama

    In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brother, who is wanted for rape and…

  10. 10Stranger on the Third Floor

    Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and thriller

    Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

  11. 11Jubal

    Jubal (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also western and drama

    Jubal Troop is a cowboy who is found in a weakened condition, without a horse. He is given shelter at Shep Horgan's large ranch, where he quickly makes an enemy in foreman Pinky, a cattleman who accuses Jubal of…

  12. 12Extreme Prejudice

    Extreme Prejudice (1987)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama

    Lean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey, now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they're on opposite sides of the law, they share a love interest in the sensual Sarita. When a…

  13. 13Dear Mr. Gacy

    Dear Mr. Gacy (2010)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller

    A chronicle of the interaction between college student Jason Moss and the object of his obsession, serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

  14. 14Suburbia

    Suburbia (1984)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and thriller

    When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them…

  15. 15Dead Man's Shoes

    Dead Man's Shoes (2004)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and thriller

    A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.

  16. 16Chopper

    Chopper (2000)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and thriller

    The true and infamous story of Australia's notorious criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read and his years of crime, interest in violence, drugs and prostitutes.

  17. 17Lockdown

    Lockdown (2000)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller

    Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and…

  18. 18Luckiest Girl Alive

    Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and thriller

    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.

  19. 19Vice Squad

    Vice Squad (1982)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama

    An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.

  20. 20Foxfire

    Foxfire (1996)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and thriller

    The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.

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