Skip to content

Movies like In Humans We Trust (2017)

The best movies like In Humans We Trust (2017) are Frozen River (2008), Intrusion (2021) and Breaking In (2018). If In Humans We Trust hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

Quick picks

  1. Frozen River (2008)

    A financially strapped mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  2. Intrusion (2021)

    When a husband and wife move to a small town, a home invasion leaves the wife traumatized and suspicious that those around her might not be who they seem.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  3. Breaking In (2018)

    Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to find hidden money. After managing to escape, Shaun must now figure out a way to turn the tables on the desperate thieves and save her captive children.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  4. Born in East L.A. (1987)

    Rudy, an American of Hispanic descent, whose south-of-the-border looks show him no mercy during an immigration raid in a migrant worker factory. As his luck goes, he is caught with neither money nor his ID and is deported to Mexico - without speaking a word of Spanish!

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  5. Little Bone Lodge (2023)

    During a stormy night in the Scottish Highlands, two criminal brothers on the run seek refuge in a desolate farmhouse. But after taking the resident family captive, they find the house holds even darker secrets of its own.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  6. Green Card (1990)

    Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  7. The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)

    One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a trip to Italy and leaves it with his girlfriend while he returns to Chicago. Finally, the car is owned by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the invading Nazis.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  8. The Born Losers (1967)

    A biker gang incites a reign of terror in a California coastal town that culminates in four teenage girls being raped. Vietnam veteran Billy Jack has had enough, however, and takes on the depraved bikers single-handedly. He rescues young Vicky Barrington from their clutches, but then has to contend with not only the thugs, but also the ineffectual and racist local lawmen, who have it out for the half-Native American Billy.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  9. Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

    An undocumented immigrant finds a human heart in one of the toilets of the west London hotel where he works with other undocumented immigrants.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  10. The Second Civil War (1997)

    When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho defies the president and closes the state's border. News Net Television, a cable news program that makes hay by reporting on political scandals, quickly spins the racist act into an overnight media sensation, creating a divide in national opinion over the issue.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  11. Days of Heaven (1978)

    In 1916, a Chicago steel worker accidentally kills his supervisor and flees to the Texas panhandle with his girlfriend and little sister to work harvesting wheat in the fields of a stoic farmer.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Worth the HypeMovies like this
  12. Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

    When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  13. Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

    A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignments require them to kill each other.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  14. Dream House (2011)

    Publisher Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby, and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  15. The Perez Family (1995)

    In the midst of the Mariel boat lift -- a hurried exodus of refugees from Cuba going to America -- an immigration clerk accidentally presumes that dissident Juan Raul Perez and Dorita Evita Perez are married. United by their last name and a mutual resolve to emigrate, Dorita and Juan agree to play along. But it gets complicated when the two begin falling for each other just as Juan reunites with his wife, Carmela, whom he hasn't seen in decades.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  16. Spanglish (2004)

    Mexican immigrant and single mother Flor Moreno finds housekeeping work with Deborah and John Clasky, a well-off couple with two children of their own. When Flor admits she can't handle the schedule because of her daughter, Cristina, Deborah decides they should move into the Clasky home. Cultures clash and tensions run high as Flor and the Claskys struggle to share space while raising their children on their own, and very different, terms.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  17. No One Gets Out Alive (2021)

    An immigrant in search of the American dream is forced to take a room in a boarding house and soon finds herself in a nightmare from which she can't escape.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  18. The Parent Trap (1961)

    Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with their mother and the other with their father, switch places after camp and go to work on their plan, the first objective being to scare off a gold-digger pursuing their father.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Worth the HypeMovies like this
  19. Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)

    An ordinary suburban couple finds it’s not easy keeping up with the Joneses – their impossibly gorgeous and ultra-sophisticated new neighbors – especially when they discover that Mr. and Mrs. “Jones” are covert operatives.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

    Popcorn FlickMovies like this
  20. The Rookie (1990)

    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 Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

Like In Humans We Trust and something else?

Blend two favourites and we’ll find the films in between.

Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like In Humans We Trust?

The closest matches to In Humans We Trust are Frozen River (2008), Intrusion (2021) and Breaking In (2018). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after In Humans We Trust?

Start with Frozen River (2008), the closest match to In Humans We Trust.

What is the highest-rated movie like In Humans We Trust?

Days of Heaven (1978), rated 7.5/10 by 1,235 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like In Humans We Trust?

Little Bone Lodge (2023) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like In Humans We Trust?

Yes: Frozen River (2008), Intrusion (2021) and Breaking In (2018).

How are movies similar to In Humans We Trust chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside In Humans We Trust, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

↑ ↓ to move · Enter to open · Full search page