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10 Best Movies Like Estranged

If you loved Estranged, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Standoff

Standoff

2016★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Estranged for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A troubled veteran gets a chance at redemption by protecting a girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and...

#2
The Nth Ward

The Nth Ward

2017★ 4.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Estranged for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An engineer with the US Army Corps is sent to New Orleans after the hurricane the assess the damage. Bizarre happenings and disappearances lead her down a path of political deceit ...

#3
Sanctum

Sanctum

2011★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Estranged for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Master diver Frank McGuire has explored the South Pacific's Esa-ala Caves for months. But when his exit is cut off in a flash flood, Frank's team—including 17-year-old son Josh an...

#4
White Boy Rick

White Boy Rick

2018★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Estranged for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to li...

#5
Marrowbone

Marrowbone

2017★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Estranged for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A young man and his three younger siblings are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live....

#6
The Witch

The Witch

2016★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Estranged for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family m...