Movies like The Femi-Nist (2022)
The best movies like The Femi-Nist (2022) are The Trials of Cate McCall (2013), Pimp (2018) and Hounddog (2008). If The Femi-Nist hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedThe Enforcer (2022)7.0/10 from 533 votes
- NewestThe Cut (2025)Released 2025
The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPimp (2018)
An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHounddog (2008)
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTalhotBlond (2012)
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cut (2025)
A retired boxer intends to return to the ring for one last shot at the title, but first he must make the weight. Holed up in a room in Las Vegas with an unscrupulous trainer, he embarks on an intensive and illegal weight-cutting program.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisPlunder Road (1957)
A spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHands of Stone (2016)
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIron Jawed Angels (2004)
Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFedora (1978)
Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to discover the horrifying truth behind her success.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Enforcer (2022)
A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to save the young girl from the deadly organization he’s spent his life building.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Valachi Papers (1972)
When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPanic (2000)
Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for his family has become the most stressful part of his life. He seeks the help of a therapist and meets a woman in the waiting room that he connects with.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEmbattled (2020)
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like this5 Against the House (1955)
Former war-time Army buddies now students in college decide to rip off a Reno casino.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Pumpkin Eater (1964)
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJohnny O'Clock (1947)
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNormal (2003)
A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Safety of Objects (2002)
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisImperial Dreams (2014)
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSalting the Battlefield (2014)
David Hare concludes his trilogy of films about MI5 renegade Johnny Worricker with another fugue on power, secrets and the British establishment. Johnny Worricker goes on the run with Margot Tyrell across Europe, and with the net closing in, the former MI5 man knows his only chance of resolving his problems is to return home and confront prime minister Alec Beasley.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (2026)
A rich patriarch's delicate family falls apart when his youngest of four wives cannot have a child.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Coming SoonMovies like thisI Belong (2003)
Agbonma is the daughter of a palm wine tapper. She is desperate to escape her impoverished background and goes to live in the city in order to achieve her dream life by faking it to make it.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
I Have a Dream (2003)
The story follows a man named Austin who seeks to upgrade his social status by pursuing and romancing a woman from a wealthy political family, abandoning true love in pursuit of greed and wealth, only for his ambition to end in heartbreak.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Critical Decision (2004)
Mr Coker, a wealthy, talented, and charming artist, falls head over heels in love with Jacqueline, a woman profoundly devoted to her Christian faith and to her fiancé, Victor. Because of her strong beliefs and prior commitment, Coker's repeated declarations of love are completely ignored. However, fate intervenes, bringing them together in a high-stakes business arrangement proposed by the irresistible artist himself, forcing Jacqueline to face a truly critical decision between her faith, her promises, and her heart.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Soul Provider (2004)
A compelling drama centred on love, sacrifice, and complex relationships, where personal choices and emotional commitments are put to the ultimate test when unexpected circumstances challenge a couple's bond.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Mortal Inheritance (1996)
Serious health issues and cultural resistance to inter-ethnic marriage test a young couple's relationship.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
A Father's Love (2024)
A taxi driver, already struggling to support his wife and children, finds an abandoned baby in the back of his cab.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Igbekun (Captivity) (2023)
In this Yoruba movie; She married a handsome, wealthy man who grew distant and loved his PA instead. Unexpected friendship formed between wife and PA, revealing truth, confronting betrayal, redefining loyalty, and choosing forgiveness or separation finally.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Shínà (2024)
A taxi driver in bustling Lagos agrees to deliver a mysterious package in exchange for his dying mother's medical treatment.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Nimbe (2019)
Nimbe is a story addressing the issues associated with drug abuse, some of the causes, how to identify and avoid such. - In a fictional universe comprising ten nations. Seeing the neighboring country become more and more powerful, a warlord organizes a competition to reveal the best warriors. Hearing the news, Dong Yilong, a valiant young villager decides to take up the challenge despite the doubts of his village. So begins the journey .
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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What are the best movies like The Femi-Nist?
The closest matches to The Femi-Nist are The Trials of Cate McCall (2013), Pimp (2018) and Hounddog (2008). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Femi-Nist?
Start with The Trials of Cate McCall (2013), the closest match to The Femi-Nist.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Femi-Nist?
The Enforcer (2022), rated 7.0/10 by 533 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Femi-Nist?
The Cut (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Femi-Nist?
Yes: The Trials of Cate McCall (2013), Pimp (2018) and Hounddog (2008).
How are movies similar to The Femi-Nist chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Femi-Nist, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.