Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Secret Violence

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

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#1
Desert Flower

Desert Flower

2009★ 7.6

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

The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN sp...

#2
Disgrace

Disgrace

2008★ 6.2

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

Disgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and ...

#3
The Power of One

The Power of One

1992★ 7.5

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

PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with t...

#4
A United Kingdom

A United Kingdom

2016★ 6.7

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

The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce oppositi...

#5
Beasts of No Nation

Beasts of No Nation

2015★ 7.6

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

Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his c...

#6
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Secret Violence 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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