If You Liked Back Roads, Watch These Next
Finished Back Roads (2019) and want more of the same? These 19 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Back Roads, most of them are crime, drama, thriller.
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19 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.The Whisper Man(2026)
6.9CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
When his young son vanishes, a widower enlists help from his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.
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2.Dark Places(2015)
5.9ThrillerMysteryDramaAlso thriller and drama
A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.
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4.She Rides Shotgun(2025)
7.0ActionThrillerCrimeAlso thriller and crime
Newly released from prison and marked for death by unrelenting enemies, Nate must now protect his estranged 11-year-old daughter, Polly, at all costs. With scant resources and no one to trust, Nate and Polly forge a bond under fire as he shows her how to fight and survive—and she teaches him the true meaning of…
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5.Finestkind(2023)
6.8CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
Two brothers from opposite sides of the tracks are reunited as adults. Desperate circumstances force them into a deal with an organized crime syndicate in Boston, and a young woman gets caught in the middle.
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6.Mystic River(2003)
7.7ThrillerDramaMysteryAlso thriller and drama
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
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7.Killers of the Flower Moon(2023)
7.4CrimeHistoryDramaAlso crime and drama
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
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8.Nocturnal Animals(2016)
7.4DramaThrillerAlso drama and thriller
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.
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9.White Heat(1949)
7.7CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
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10.Out of the Furnace(2013)
6.6ThrillerDramaCrimeAlso thriller and drama
Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one in prison. His brother is then lured into one of the most violent crime rings in the Northeast.
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11.South Central(1992)
6.7CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to find that his young son, Jimmie, has joined the Deuces, his old crew. Tensions rise as Bobby…
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13.Boy A(2008)
7.1CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the road one day, Jack notices a distressed child, and, after reuniting the girl with her family, becomes a local celebrity. But when a local…
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14.Dolores Claiborne(1995)
7.3CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for…
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15.Lizzie(2018)
6.2CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family, Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a secret intimacy soon blossoms into a wicked plan.
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16.A Simple Plan(1998)
7.2CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the…
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17.At Close Range(1986)
6.8CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a gang of thieves in a nearby town. Though his new girlfriend supports his criminal ambitions, Brad Jr. soon learns that his father is a dangerous man.
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18.Violent Ends(2025)
6.3ThrillerCrimeDramaAlso thriller and crime
Lucas Frost, an honest man brought up in a crime family whose only legacy is violence, tries to make his own life with his fiancée, Emma. He is suddenly pulled back into the family business he so despises when his cousin, Eli, perpetrates an armed robbery on a local scrap yard and an innocent life is caught in the…
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19.Affliction(1998)
6.3CrimeDramaMysteryAlso crime and drama
A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.
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