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10 Best Movies Like Straightheads

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

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#1
The Nightingale

The Nightingale

2018★ 7.1

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

In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against h...

#2
Cold Comes the Night

Cold Comes the Night

2013★ 5.5

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

A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop....

#3
Storm Warning

Storm Warning

2020★ 5.7

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

As an unforgettable storm lashes the Breton town of Perros-Guirec, a ten-year-old boy goes missing....

#4
A Soap

A Soap

2006★ 5.2

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

32-year-old Charlotte could have it all, but she doesn't want any of it. When she moves away from her boyfriend, she happens to become the upstairs neighbour of a trans woman Veron...

#5
The End of the Emperor of the Taiga

The End of the Emperor of the Taiga

1978★ 2.8

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

The film plays one of a little-known pages of the biography of Arkady Gaidar, the young man when he was appointed commander of the detachment CHON (special-purpose parts)......

#6
The Hitcher

The Hitcher

2007★ 5.9

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

While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the ...