Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Straws in the Wind

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

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#1
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#2
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#3
Home Run

Home Run

2013★ 6.2

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

A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties f...

#4
The Lost Husband

The Lost Husband

2020★ 6.8

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

Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas....

#5
The Fugitive Kind

The Fugitive Kind

1960★ 6.8

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

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued ...

#6
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

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

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

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