Movies like Sweet Virginia (2017)
The best movies like Sweet Virginia (2017) are Mean Dreams (2016), Hammer (2019) and The Frontier (2016). If Sweet Virginia hooked you with its drama and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedThe Devil All the Time (2020)7.2/10 from 3,829 votes
- NewestGirl (2020)Released 2020
Mean Dreams (2016)
When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl's corrupt father, who is also the sheriff of the town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHammer (2019)
A father faces a personal crisis when he discovers his estranged son fleeing a botched drug deal. The two men embark on a violent odyssey that grapples with themes of fatherhood, family and fate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
The Frontier (2016)
A desperate young woman, on the run from the law, takes a job at a remote desert motel. She quickly discovers the motel's patrons are rendezvousing after a large robbery. With nothing to lose, and all to gain, she hatches a plan to steal their loot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Too Late (2016)
Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTiger House (2015)
A young gymnast battles a group of bank robbers at the home of her boyfriend.
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 & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCold in July (2014)
While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlood on Her Name (2020)
A woman's panicked decision to cover up an accidental killing spins out of control when her conscience demands she return the dead man's body to his family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisLost in the Sun (2015)
A small time crook and a newly-orphaned teenage boy team up to perform a string of robberies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisScenic Route (2013)
Stranded on an isolated desert road, two life-long friends fight for survival as their already strained relationship spirals into knife-wielding madness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEl Cortez (2006)
A man just released from a mental institution gets involved in a gold mine scheme while trying to avoid the cops, a wrathful drug dealer, and a sultry femme fatale.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Kill for Me (2013)
Rent’s a bitch. And that is why, six months after her best friend went missing, Amanda finally gives in to getting another roommate, Hailey. The two college students turn out to have something in common, however: abusive men. For Hailey, it’s her dad. For Amanda, it’s a stalkery ex-boyfriend. But problems can be solved and, you know, you scratch my back, I scratch yours. In other words, Kill for Me, I kill for you.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisGirl (2020)
A young woman returns to her small hometown intent on killing her abusive father only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she uncovers a family legacy more dangerous than she'd imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRiver (2016)
In the south of Laos, an American volunteer doctor becomes a fugitive after he intervenes in the sexual assault of a young woman. When the assailant's body is pulled from the Mekong River, things quickly spiral out of control.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
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 & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWalking Out (2017)
A city teen travels to Montana to go hunting with his estranged father, only for the strained trip to become a battle for survival when they encounter a grizzly bear.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Devil All the Time (2020)
In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSmall 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 & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Boy (2015)
An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisEdge of Winter (2016)
When two brothers are stranded by a brutal winter storm with an unpredictable father they barely know, the boys begin to suspect their supposed protector may be their biggest threat.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisRestraint (2008)
Two fugitives land in hot water when they take a hostage who poses a threat to their well-being.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & 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 thisJoe (2014)
The rough-hewn boss of a lumber crew courts trouble when he steps in to protect the youngest member of his team from an abusive father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Truth About Emanuel (2013)
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTranspecos (2016)
For three US Border Patrol agents, the contents of one car reveal an insidious plot within their own ranks. The next 24 hours may cost them their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisEden (2015)
After their plane crashes off the coast of a deserted Pacific island, the surviving members of an American soccer team find themselves in the most dire of circumstances with limited resources, dwindling food supply and no rescue coming any time soon. Team spirit evaporates as disagreements cause the group to separate into factions - a violent one lead by an unbalanced ruler, and a compassionate one led by a selfless player.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisCaught (1996)
A middle-aged couple has a drifter enter their lives. The fish-store owners find that the mysterious young man awakens the couple in ways they didn't expect. Things get tense when the drifter begins an affair with the woman of the house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Back Roads (2019)
A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Missing Person (2009)
John Rosow drinks to forget. He is a former New York City cop turned Chicago-based private investigator. At the last minute, he is hired by someone he's never met to follow a middle-aged male subject on the soon-departing California Zephyr train to Los Angeles.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Sweet Virginia?
The closest matches to Sweet Virginia are Mean Dreams (2016), Hammer (2019) and The Frontier (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Sweet Virginia?
People who watched Sweet Virginia most often go on to Mean Dreams (2016), Hammer (2019) and The Frontier (2016).
What is the highest-rated movie like Sweet Virginia?
The Devil All the Time (2020), rated 7.2/10 by 3,829 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Sweet Virginia?
Girl (2020) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Sweet Virginia?
Yes: Mean Dreams (2016), Hammer (2019) and The Frontier (2016).
How are movies similar to Sweet Virginia chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Sweet Virginia, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.