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Movies Like Answered Prayers

If you liked Answered Prayers (2015), a drama and thriller movie directed by Jake Jaxson, 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. 1Fifty Shades of Grey

    Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and romance

    When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her life will take. Christian, as enigmatic…

  2. 2Unfaithful

    Unfaithful (2002)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and drama

    A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

  3. 3The Rookie

    The Rookie (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller

    Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…

  4. 4Intimacy

    Intimacy (2001)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance and drama

    Failed musician Jay abandoned his family and now earns a living as head bartender in a trendy London pub. Every Wednesday afternoon, a woman comes to his house for graphic, almost wordless, sex. One day, Jay follows…

  5. 5The Dancer Upstairs

    The Dancer Upstairs (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    A police detective in a South American country is dedicated to hunting down a revolutionary guerilla leader.

  6. 6Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

    Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (2013)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and mystery

    The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.

  7. 7Lost Highway

    Lost Highway (1997)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama and thriller

    A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

  8. 8The Hot Spot

    The Hot Spot (1990)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and thriller

    Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.

  9. 9Se7en

    Se7en (1995)

    ★ 8.4/10Also mystery and thriller

    Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the…

  10. 10The French Lieutenant's Woman

    The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and romance

    In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both actors are involved in serious…

  11. 11Basic Instinct

    Basic Instinct (1992)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller and mystery

    Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.

  12. 12Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

    Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011)

    ★ 8.1/10Also drama and thriller

    A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even…

  13. 138MM

    8MM (1999)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mystery

    A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of…

  14. 14Mississippi Burning

    Mississippi Burning (1988)

    ★ 7.7/10Also drama and mystery

    Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in…

  15. 15The Tenant

    The Tenant (1976)

    ★ 7.6/10Also thriller and mystery

    A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.

  16. 16Eyes 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…

  17. 17The Brave One

    The Brave One (2007)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller

    A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.

  18. 18Natural Born Killers

    Natural Born Killers (1994)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller and drama

    Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

  19. 19Queen & Slim

    Queen & Slim (2019)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance

    While on a forgettable first date together in Ohio, a black man and a black woman are pulled over for a minor traffic infraction. The situation escalates, with sudden and tragic results.

  20. 20Brimstone

    Brimstone (2016)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller and drama

    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.

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