Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Shirley

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

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#1
Effie Gray

Effie Gray

2014★ 5.9

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

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray....

#2
Deep Water

Deep Water

2022★ 5.8

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

A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers....

#3
Intrusion

Intrusion

2021★ 6.0

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

When a husband and wife move to a small town, a home invasion leaves the wife traumatized and suspicious that those around her might not be who they seem....

#4
Triage

Triage

2009★ 6.0

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

The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague....

#5
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946★ 7.1

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

Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he...

#6
Neverwas

Neverwas

2005★ 6.4

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

Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time o...

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