Movies Like We Need to Talk About Kevin
If you liked We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), a drama and thriller movie directed by Lynne Ramsay, 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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My Friend Dahmer (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaJeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.
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Boy A (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaFreed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the road one day, Jack notices a distressed…
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The Hate U Give (2018)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaRaised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds…
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
★ 7/10Also drama and thriller13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives in a New England beach town. Whenever the landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she claims that he's not available. But when the landlady's son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams…
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Cracks (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerJealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.
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Natural Born Killers (1994)
★ 7/10Also thriller and dramaTwo victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
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Nocturnal Animals (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and thrillerSusan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics…
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Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and thrillerA 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.
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Mothers' Instinct (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and dramaHousewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly…
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M (1951)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and thrillerIn the city, someone is murdering children. The police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.
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Cape Fear (1962)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller and dramaSam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
★ 8.3/10Also thriller and dramaClarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for…
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The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama and thrillerA troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
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Cape Fear (1991)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and thrillerSam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape…
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Dark Places (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and dramaA woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.
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Thoroughbreds (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and thrillerLily and Amanda, two high school students living in suburban Connecticut, rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of drifting apart. Together, they devise a plan to kill Lily's abusive stepfather by hiring a…
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The Clovehitch Killer (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaA picture-perfect family is torn apart after Tyler finds a cache of disturbing images in his father's possession. He begins to suspect that the man he trusts most in the world may be responsible for the murder of 13…
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South Central (1992)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaDuring a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to…
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In Cold Blood (1967)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaAfter a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
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Suburbicon (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and dramaIn 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…