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10 Best Movies Like The Straight Line

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

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#1
Buried

Buried

2010★ 6.6

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

Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a r...

#2
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#3
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

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

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp...

#4
The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

1985★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Straight Line for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast...

#5
Gladiator

Gladiator

2000★ 8.2

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

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced...

#6
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

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

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...