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Movies like STRAW (2025) Finished STRAW and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with STRAW, and what it does not.
What did you love about STRAW? Pick up to 3, and the matches below will be ranked around them. Optional — leave it blank for the closest overall.
Breaking point Single motherhood Desperation Poverty Psychological drama Social thriller Mental health Resilience Your best matches Ranked against what STRAW is actually about, not its genre labels.
2013 · Film · Drama · Thriller
Good match
Why it matches Built around the same desperation Centres on the same everyman figure Told the same way, single protagonist More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Shares its melancholic and hopeful register What's different Not really psychological drama or social thriller Not about mental health or poverty More violent Commitment 2h 33m
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The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against STRAW.
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2005 · Film · Adventure · Thriller
Good match
Why it matches Built around the same resilience Shares its handheld and naturalistic look Centres on the same everyman figure Told the same way, single protagonist What's different Not really psychological drama or social thriller Not about mental health or poverty Leans further into horror Why this ranked above the others
The closest in pace and structure when ranked against STRAW.
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2006 · Film · Action · Thriller
Good match
Why it matches Shares its handheld and naturalistic look Shares its melancholic and hopeful register Builds as slowly Carries the same emotional weight What's different Not really psychological drama or social thriller Not about mental health or poverty Why this ranked above the others
The closest in pace and structure when ranked against STRAW.
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Fear the Walking Dead 2015
Centres on the same everyman figure Shares its melancholic and hopeful register FROM 2022
Shares its handheld look Centres on the same everyman figure Psycho 1960 · 1h 49m
Shares its high contrast look Shares its melancholic and angry register Saw 2004 · 1h 43m
Centres on the same everyman figure Shares its hopeful and angry register
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