Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Mistress

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

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#1
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

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

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

#2
Breaking News in Yuba County

Breaking News in Yuba County

2021★ 5.9

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

An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his body and takes advantage of the...

#3
Small Apartments

Small Apartments

2012★ 5.8

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

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved br...

#4
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.1

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

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#5
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mistress for fans of Drama & Crime. 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...

#6
A Crooked Somebody

A Crooked Somebody

2018★ 6.3

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

An attention-seeking psychic is kidnapped and tries to use the situation to boost his popularity....

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