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10 Best Movies Like Plainview

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

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#1
Compliance

Compliance

2012★ 6.4

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

On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee has stolen money from a custo...

#2
Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Plainview for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced h...

#3
Nine to Five

Nine to Five

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Plainview for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three female employees of a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot find a way to turn the tables on him....

#4
Fifty Shades of Grey

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015★ 5.9

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

When college senior Anastasia Steele steps in for her sick roommate to interview prominent businessman Christian Grey for their campus paper, little does she realize the path her l...

#5
Magic Mike

Magic Mike

2012★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Plainview for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mike, an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money....

#6
Zola

Zola

2021★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Plainview for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A waitress agrees to accompany an exotic dancer, her put-upon boyfriend, and her mysterious and domineering roommate on a road trip to Florida to seek their fortune at a high-end s...

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