Movies like Aftermath
If Aftermath's mix of rape, breakdown and nordic noir stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Aftermath's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Purity of Vengeance
2018 · Directed by Christoffer Boe · 118 min7.1
Why you'll like itWith Søren Pilmark · Shares: nordic noir · Also a Danish drama
Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties.
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Speak
2004 · Directed by Jessica Sharzer · 93 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: rape · From the same decade (2000s)
Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her parents too busy to notice her troubles,…
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Queen of Hearts
2019 · Directed by May el-Toukhy · 127 min6.9
Why you'll like itAlso a Danish drama
Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin…
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Welcome to the Rileys
2010 · Directed by Jake Scott · 110 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: rape
Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip.
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Luckiest Girl Alive
2022 · Directed by Mike Barker · 113 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: rape
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
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Eye for an Eye
1996 · Directed by John Schlesinger · 101 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: rape
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old…