Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Short Straw

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

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#1
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#3
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

#4
In Too Deep

In Too Deep

1999★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Short Straw for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop J...

#5
The River

The River

1984★ 6.3

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

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

#6
Home Run

Home Run

2013★ 6.2

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

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