Movies Like Stress
If you liked Stress (1984), a drama and thriller movie directed by Jean-Louis Bertuccelli, 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 Gypsy (1975)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and thrillerTwo thieves, Hugo Sennart and Yan Kuq, wanted by the same police inspector, cross paths by chance.
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Grand Expectations (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thrillerSummer 2019. Just graduated from Sciences Po, Madeleine leaves to prepare the orals of the ENA in Corsica with Antoine, her lover with whom she shares very left-wing political convictions. On a small deserted road, an…
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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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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 House on Carroll Street (1988)
★ 5.9/10Also 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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Run (1991)
★ 6/10Also thriller and dramaWhen a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
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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.
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Hello (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thrillerAn emotionally unavailable flight attendant meets a potential love interest and later finds out that her "perfect guy" has ulterior motives. As the clock ticks down on New Year's Eve, she must fight to keep her…
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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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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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Pasha (1968)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaSix months before his retirement from the criminal police, inspector Joss finds his colleague Gouvion dead, in a poorly faked suicide attempt. Joss loses his temper, and investigates on his own, which leads him through…
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Rascals (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller1980s-set first feature follows a gang of ethnic minority youngsters called The Rascals, who take on an ultra-violent gang of right-wing skinheads, losing their innocence in the process.
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Out of Control (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thrillerJulien and Marie have enjoyed 15 years of seemingly stable marriage until Anaëlle, Julien’s childhood flame, returns. Her sudden presence awakens old insecurities in Marie, who begins to doubt Julien’s devotion and…
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Close Enemies (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thrillerDriss and Manuel both grew up on the same council estate. An estate where the sense of belonging to your patch is much stronger than the sense of belonging to a country, a nation or a culture... Manuel has assimilated…
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Black Site (2022)
★ 6/10Also thriller and dramaA group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching…
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On the Edge (2022)
★ 6/10Also drama and thrillerOne night, Leo, a Spaniard working in Brussels as a subway driver, sees a young man on the edge of the platform, just before he falls onto the tracks.
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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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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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Spy, Stand Up (1982)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and dramaSebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. However, his peaceful existence starts to disintegrate when he is recruited by a top French intelligence operative to discover how…
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Omar Killed Me (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and thrillerIn the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. Despite a lack of forensic or…