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Movies Like Friend of the Family

If you liked Friend of the Family (1995), a drama and thriller movie directed by Edward Holzman, 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. 1The Good Neighbor

    The Good Neighbor (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and drama

    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…

  2. 2Rogue Agent

    Rogue Agent (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama

    Conman 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.

  3. 3The Hummingbird Project

    The Hummingbird Project (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama

    A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.

  4. 4Heatwave

    Heatwave (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama

    A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.

  5. 5Eyes Wide Shut

    Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama and thriller

    After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their…

  6. 6Lockdown

    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…

  7. 7The Devil's Double

    The Devil's Double (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and thriller

    A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.

  8. 8Crimes of Passion

    Crimes of Passion (1984)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller

    Fashion designer Joanna Crane leads a double life. By night she is China Blue, a prostitute who's attracted the attention of a sexually frustrated private detective, and a psychopathic priest in possession of a…

  9. 9Winged Creatures

    Winged Creatures (2009)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    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…

  10. 10True Believer

    True Believer (1989)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet…

  11. 11Tyler Perry's Duplicity

    Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and drama

    High-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…

  12. 12Kisses

    Kisses (2008)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.

  13. 13The Enforcer

    The Enforcer (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to…

  14. 14Not Without Hope

    Not Without Hope (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and drama

    A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.

  15. 15Panic

    Panic (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful…

  16. 16Lila & Eve

    Lila & Eve (2015)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama

    Lila, 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.

  17. 17Embattled

    Embattled (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

  18. 18Suburbicon

    Suburbicon (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and drama

    In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…

  19. 19Fast Track: No Limits

    Fast Track: No Limits (2008)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Four young thrill-seekers race cars on the streets of Germany.

  20. 20Bad Sister

    Bad Sister (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a…

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