20 movies like Straw Dogs, ordered by similarity : Straw Dogs(2011), A History of Violence(2005), Anything for Her(2008), Sunset Song(2015), Strangerland(2015), Prevenge(2016), Scott Turow's Innocent(2011), Out of the Blue(2006), Serenity(2019), Drishyam(2013), Galveston(2018), The Salesman(2016) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA
1971
116 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Susan George T.P. McKenna Peter Vaughan Del Henney Ken Hutchison Colin Welland Jim Norton Sally Thomsett Donald Webster Len Jones
mathematician wife ex-lover townsperson magistrate husband raw disturbing cornwall, england small town farmhouse rape culture clash marital problems self-defense violence harassment revenge transformation underdog
A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2011
110 Minutes
James Marsden Kate Bosworth Alexander Skarsgård James Woods Dominic Purcell Rhys Coiro Billy Lush Laz Alonso Willa Holland Walton Goggins Anson Mount
screenwriter actress southern belle ex-boyfriend husband teen girl gripping brutal disturbing intense suspenseful small town farm mississippi woods football field family home relocation culture clash harassment
Los Angeles screenwriter David Sumner relocates with his wife to her hometown in the deep South. There, while tensions build between them, a brewing conflict with locals becomes a threat to them both.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada|USA
2005
96 Minutes
Viggo Mortensen Maria Bello William Hurt Ashton Holmes Stephen McHattie Peter MacNeill Ed Harris Heidi Hayes Greg Bryk Steve Arbuckle Sumela Kay
husband wife son daughter brother mobster chilling diner indiana small town family home philadelphia murder organized crime family violence transformation revenge 2000s
A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.
Crime, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Spain
2008
96 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Diane Kruger Lancelot Roch Olivier Marchal Hammou Graïa Liliane Rovère Olivier Perrier Moussa Maaskri Rémi Martin Thierry Godard Slimane Hadjar
wife husband son police officer judge counterfeiter brash suspenseful emotional france prison house courtroom suburbia family wrongful conviction desperation jailbreak husband/wife relationship murder case
With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.
Drama, History
UK|Luxembourg
2015
135 Minutes
Agyness Deyn Peter Mullan Kevin Guthrie Jack Greenlees Ian Pirie Hugh Ross Niall Greig Fulton Douglas Rankine
daughter farmer abusive father rape victim mother intense disturbing emotional melodramatic raw farm college canada argentina rape violence suicide world war i marriage love
The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Ireland|Australia
2015
111 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Joseph Fiennes Hugo Weaving Lisa Flanagan Meyne Wyatt Maddison Brown Nicholas Hamilton Jim Russell Sean Keenan Martin Dingle-Wall
teen girl teen boy parent police officer community member mother tense striking somber raw frightening disturbing desert rural community outback australia small town town storm disappearance
A family finds their dull life in a rural outback town rocked after their two teenage children disappear into the desert, sparking disturbing rumors of their past.
Drama, Comedy, Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
UK
2016
88 Minutes
Kate Dickie Gemma Whelan Alice Lowe Kayvan Novak Tom Davis Dan Renton Skinner Eileen Davies Mike Wozniak Tom Meeten Marc Bessant
pregnant woman serial killer midwife dj baby murder victim dark shocking amusing witty disturbing gory england pregnancy serial murders humor fear vengeance unexpected death discovery
Widow Ruth is seven months pregnant when, believing herself to be guided by her unborn baby, she embarks on a homicidal rampage, dispatching anyone who stands in her way.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2011
90 Minutes
Bill Pullman Marcia Gay Harden Alfred Molina Richard Schiff Callard Harris Mariana Klaveno Tahmoh Penikett
judge son wife tense disturbing dark bleak courtroom house town illinois trial murder affair father/son relationship fall mystery 2010s
After a judge (Bill Pullman) is accused of murdering his wife, an affair from his past threatens to destroy his defense.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
New Zealand
2006
102 Minutes
Karl Urban Matthew Sunderland Lois Lawn Simon Ferry Tandi Wright Paul Glover William Kircher Georgia Fabish Fayth Rasmussen
murderer older man mother daughter boyfriend survivor disturbing tense emotional profound new zealand small town house street beach mass murder violence arson david gray survival
Based on the Aramoana Massacre that occurred on 13 November and 14 November 1990. Resident David Gray, an unemployed gun collector, went on a rampage in which 13 people were shot dead, before Gray himself was shot by police.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA
2019
103 Minutes
Matthew McConaughey Anne Hathaway Jason Clarke Diane Lane Djimon Hounsou Jeremy Strong Robert Hobbs Kenneth Fok
fisherman boat captain ex-wife son husband ship captain dark disturbing emotional gritty melodramatic boat ocean coast town ship island abuse revenge murder plot
A fishing boat captain juggles facing his mysterious past and finding himself ensnared in a reality where nothing is what it seems.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
India
2013
164 Minutes
Mohanlal Meena Kalabhavan Shajon Siddique Roshan Basheer Irshad Kunchan Baiju V.K. Ansiba Hassan Esther Asha Sarath
cable installer operator wife daughter police officer husband gripping brutal intense incredible thrilling moving india village house police station bus station bus protection family relationships
A man goes to extreme lengths to save his family from punishment after the family commits an accidental crime.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2018
91 Minutes
Ben Foster Elle Fanning Lili Reinhart María Valverde Beau Bridges Adepero Oduye Robert Aramayo Jamel Chambers
mob enforcer mob boss hit man assassin captive runner brash brooding brutal emotional dark raw galveston, texas house car hotel pool beach on the run mob
After escaping a set up, a dying hitman returns to his hometown of Galveston where he plans his revenge.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Iran|France
2016
125 Minutes
Shahab Hosseini Taraneh Alidoosti Babak Karimi Farid Sajjadi Hosseini Mina Sadati Maral Bani Adam Mehdi Kooshki Emad Emami Shirin Aghakashi Mojtaba Pirzadeh Sahra Asadollahe
husband wife tenant actor intruder bleak brooding emotional gripping touching intense tehran, iran apartment building apartment stage theater school violence domestic life mysterious strangers
While both participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," a teacher's wife is assaulted in her new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK|Australia
2017
113 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Amanda Seyfried Philip Ettinger Cedric Kyles Michael Gaston Victoria Hill Van Hansis Satchel Eden Bell
reverend pregnant woman husband wife suicidal person activist bleak dark uneasy emotional gritty unrestrained small town house garage church tragic death suicide church corruption
A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2015
123 Minutes
Varun Dhawan Nawazuddin Siddiqui Huma Qureshi Yami Gautam Divya Dutta Vinay Pathak Radhika Apte
mother son father partner wife robber brash confident dark emotional gritty intense india house car apartment police station vengeance tragic death bank robbery
An innocent man turns brutal when his family gets killed in a bank robbery and one of the perpetrators escapes. 15 years later, he begins his deadly game of vengeance.
Drama
Sweden
1968
103 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Max von Sydow Gunnar Björnstrand Sigge Fürst Birgitta Valberg Hans Alfredson Ingvar Kjellson
husband wife colonel musician brooding emotional profound island farm farmhouse town war romance marital problems disillusionment rural life love escape temptation 1960s
In the midst of a civil war, former violinists Jan and Eva Rosenberg, who have a tempestuous marriage, run a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the war impinges on every aspect of their lives.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
Germany|France|Luxembourg|UK|USA
2015
110 Minutes
Emma Watson Daniel Brühl Michael Nyqvist Richenda Carey Vicky Krieps Jeanne Werner Julian Ovenden August Zirner Martin Wuttke César Bordón Nicolás Barsoff
prisoner cult leader young woman love interest militant rebel bleak disturbing emotional frightening gutsy powerful sad chile cult headquarters prison embassy military coup cult love
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2007
92 Minutes
Michael Shannon Douglas Ligon Barlow Jacobs Natalie Canerday Glenda Pannell
son brother half brother girlfriend wife older brother brooding brutal arkansas cemetery family home farm family dysfunction feud family death violence crime rivalry revenge
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA|France
2017
90 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Ekaterina Samsonov Alessandro Nivola Alex Manette John Doman Judith Roberts Dante Pereira-Olson Leigh Dunham Jason Babinsky
kidnapped child kidnapper mother hired hand young girl police officer bleak dark disturbing frightful gripping intense united states new york brothel country house house trauma abuse kidnapping
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Drama, Comedy
UK|USA
2010
129 Minutes
Jim Broadbent Ruth Sheen Lesley Manville Oliver Maltman Peter Wight David Bradley Martin Savage Karina Fernandez Michele Austin Philip Davis Imelda Staunton
husband friend wife psychiatrist son lawyer amusing moving charming england house family marriage relationships heartbreak matchmaking husband/wife relationship quest love forbidden love
A look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.