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10 Best Movies Like Briar

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

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#1
The Experiment

The Experiment

2010★ 6.4

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

20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control....

#2
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#3
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#4
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#5
The Trials of Cate McCall

The Trials of Cate McCall

2013★ 6.4

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

In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicte...

#6
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

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