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Movies Like The Wife of Cain

If you liked The Wife of Cain (1913), a drama movie directed by Charles L. Gaskill, 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. 1Plunder Road

    Plunder Road (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.

  2. 2Won't Back Down

    Won't Back Down (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for…

  3. 3The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  4. 4Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American…

  5. 5Head Full of Honey

    Head Full of Honey (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.

  6. 6Skater Girl

    Skater Girl (2021)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.

  7. 7Edie

    Edie (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    To try and overcome a lifetime of bitterness and resentment, 83-year-old Edie decides that it is never too late. After packing an old camping bag, she leaves her life behind and embarks on an adventure she never got to…

  8. 8Eleanor the Great

    Eleanor the Great (2025)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

  9. 9Hurry Sundown

    Hurry Sundown (1967)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A ruthless Southern opportunist tries to buy his cousin's land, and when thwarted, brings several tragedies to the lives of his loved ones.

  10. 10Adopt a Highway

    Adopt a Highway (2019)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t recognize – including trying to learn…

  11. 11Hungry Hearts

    Hungry Hearts (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

  12. 12Heidi

    Heidi (2005)

    ★ 7.8/10Also drama

    Swiss girl Adelheid 'Heidi' is orphaned young. Aunt Detie brings her to grandpa Alp and his wife, who live isolated in the Alps since his murder charge. Heidi soon takes to the wild country, especially accompanying…

  13. 13Undercurrent

    Undercurrent (1946)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael…

  14. 14Sleep, My Love

    Sleep, My Love (1948)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

  15. 15Here

    Here (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    An odyssey through time and memory, centered on a place in New Jersey where—from wilderness, and then, later, from a home—love, loss, struggle, hope and legacy play out between couples and families over generations.

  16. 16The Keys of the Kingdom

    The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area…

  17. 17Beggars of Life

    Beggars of Life (1928)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to…

  18. 18The Last Rifleman

    The Last Rifleman (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    A WWII veteran escapes his care home in Northern Ireland and embarks on an arduous but inspirational journey to France to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, finding the courage to face the ghosts of his…

  19. 19While the City Sleeps

    While the City Sleeps (1956)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".

  20. 20Time Without Pity

    Time Without Pity (1957)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a…

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