Movies like Exposed (2016)
The best movies like Exposed (2016) are Bordertown (2007), Miss Bala (2011) and Anesthesia (2016). If Exposed hooked you with its drama and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMiss Bala (2011)6.7/10 from 220 votes
- NewestInstinct (2019)Released 2019
Bordertown (2007)
American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for little money in order to produce mass quantity products. Lauren Adrian, an impassioned American news reporter for the Chicago Sentinel wants to be assigned to the Iraq front-lines to cover the war. Instead, her editor George Morgan assigns her to investigate a series of slayings involving young maquiladora factory women in a Mexican bordertown.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMiss Bala (2011)
The story of a young woman clinging on to her dream to become a beauty contest queen in a Mexico dominated by organized crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnesthesia (2016)
Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Single Shot (2013)
The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater criminals out for his blood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisEden (2013)
After a night out with friends, Hyun Jae accepts a late night ride home from a young fire fighter. What begins as a night of promise quickly turns into a nightmare when she is abducted and imprisoned outside Las Vegas as a sex slave.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStolen (2009)
A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisGemini (2017)
A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant travels across Los Angeles to unravel the mystery, she must stay one step ahead of a determined policeman and confront her own understanding of friendship, truth and celebrity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisInconceivable (2017)
A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Outsider (2015)
Revolves around a British military contractor Lex Walker who is told his daughter has died. When he arrives in Los Angeles and discovers the body is not hers, he begins an investigation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Family Fang (2016)
A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisRidge Runners (2018)
What happens when a small town detective, Rachel Willow discovers what it is happening in her city. It's an intimate story that exposes that sex trafficking isn't just an international problem, or a city problem. It can happen anywhere.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
The Perfect Student (2011)
A criminology professor becomes a target herself when she tries to establish the innocence of her star student in a murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
Small Town Crime (2018)
Mike Kendall, a disgraced ex-cop, is fighting a losing battle with the bottle. When he finds a woman left for dead at the side of a road, Kendall turns private eye to track down her killers, taking one last shot at redemption.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dead Girl (2006)
The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated women begin to intersect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIntrigo: Death of an Author (2018)
A young author comes into possession of a manuscript sent by critically acclaimed writer, Germund Rein, shortly before he commits suicide.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlack Butterfly (2017)
Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRussian Doll (2016)
The story begins when a young woman discovers a murder plot, and calls 911. But seconds into the call, she's attacked and abducted. The police investigation into the woman's disappearance leads them to interrogate the cast and crew of a play called 'The Russian Doll.'
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Badge of Honor (2015)
Two Narcotics Detectives find themselves in an intense investigation lead by a determined Internal Affairs Detective after a child is wrongfully shot dead in a violent drug bust.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisRigged (2008)
In the seedy underground of illegal prizefighting, a corrupt boxing promoter is embroiled in a dangerous fight-fixing scheme with his female prizefighter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Diablo (2016)
A young civil war veteran is forced on a desperate journey to save his kidnapped wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPenthouse North (2013)
After losing her sight while working as a photojournalist in Afghanistan, Sara Frost, now reclusive, lives quietly in a New York penthouse with her boyfriend, until a smooth but sadistic criminal looking for a hidden fortune enters her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisFalsely Accused (2016)
When a young woman is falsely accused of murdering her brother, she must catch the real killer to prove her innocence. Along the way she encounters unexpected love, sadness, and hardships, as well as deep insights about the crime, herself, and her destiny.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & mystery
The Other Man (2008)
The story of a husband who suspects his wife of adultery, and sets out to track down the other man in her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisAll I See Is You (2017)
After a successful experimental surgery restores her eyesight, a young woman sees her marriage spiral in a disturbing direction.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBleeding Heart (2015)
Reserved yoga instructor May's peaceful, clean-living life is thrown out of balance by the arrival of her long-lost sister Shiva, a street-smart yet naive young woman trapped in an abusive relationship. May feels compelled to rescue the hapless Shiva, but she finds herself increasingly drawn out of her sedate world and deeper into Shiva's chaotic one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisCa$h (2010)
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence – all in the name of money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Padre (2018)
American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-old girl intent on reuniting with her sister in the United States.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisBent (2018)
On his latest private investigation, a shamed former cop connects a murder case to a government conspiracy involving rogue agents from a top spy agency.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisInstinct (2019)
Nicoline, a criminal psychologist, begins work at a prison where one of her new cases, Idris — an apparently reformed sex offender — is preparing for release after five years of confinement. Despite her professional misgivings, she becomes infatuated with her charismatic, manipulative patient.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisOutcast (2014)
A mysterious warrior teams up with the daughter and son of a deposed Chinese Emperor to defeat their cruel brother, who seeks their deaths.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Exposed?
The closest matches to Exposed are Bordertown (2007), Miss Bala (2011) and Anesthesia (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Exposed?
People who watched Exposed most often go on to Bordertown (2007), Miss Bala (2011) and Anesthesia (2016).
What is the highest-rated movie like Exposed?
Miss Bala (2011), rated 6.7/10 by 220 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Exposed?
Instinct (2019) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Exposed?
Yes: Bordertown (2007), Anesthesia (2016) and A Single Shot (2013).
How are movies similar to Exposed chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Exposed, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.