Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Affair

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

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#1
Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

1972★ 5.8

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

"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the tw...

#2
Dear Mr. Gacy

Dear Mr. Gacy

2010★ 5.9

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

A chronicle of the interaction between college student Jason Moss and the object of his obsession, serial killer John Wayne Gacy....

#3
Blindfire

Blindfire

2020★ 6.7

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

A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repe...

#4
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#5
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#6
Oldboy

Oldboy

2013★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Affair for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation....

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