Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Thug

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

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for The Thug.

View Review →
Advertisement
#1
The Salesman

The Salesman

2016★ 7.3

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

Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenan...

#2
Outrage

Outrage

1950★ 6.5

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

A young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work....

#3
The Stoning of Soraya M.

The Stoning of Soraya M.

2009★ 7.7

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

In 1986 Iran, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village, enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marria...

#4
Not Without My Daughter

Not Without My Daughter

1991★ 6.7

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

An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well....

#5
Circumstance

Circumstance

2011★ 6.6

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

A wealthy Iranian family struggles to contain a teenager's growing sexual rebellion and her brother's newfound conservatism....

#6
Burn

Burn

2019★ 6.0

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

Lonely, unstable gas station attendant Melinda is tired of being overshadowed by her more confident, outgoing co-worker Sheila. When the gas station is held up at gunpoint by Billy...

Advertisement