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10 Best Movies Like The Butcher

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

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#1
The Visit

The Visit

1964★ 7.1

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

Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-m...

#2
Electricity

Electricity

2014★ 5.8

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

A woman leaves her seaside hometown to search for her long-lost brother, experiencing hallucinations brought on by her epilepsy during her trip....

#3
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

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

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

#4
Adam

Adam

2020★ 6.4

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

A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident....

#5
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Butcher 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....

#6
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

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

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

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