Movies Like Natural Selection (2016)

Natural Selection is a 2016 crime, drama film from Chad L. Scheifele with a MovieMagicScore of 5.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Revival and Line of Duty.

Crime Drama

The Revival

2017

A secret love affair between a southern Baptist preacher and a young drifter challenges the equilibrium of a growing church.

5.2

MagicScore

Line of Duty

2019

Frank Penny is a disgraced cop looking for a shot at redemption. When the police chief's 11-year-old daughter is abducted, Frank goes rogue to try and save her. But to find the girl, Frank will need the help of Ava Brooks, whose live-streaming news channel is broadcasting Frank's every move.

5.9

MagicScore

Mud

2013

Two teenage boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and help him reunite with his lover and escape an avenging family and their armed posse.

7.1

MagicScore

Truth

2013

After a chance encounter over the internet, Caleb meets and falls head over heels for Jeremy, and soon the line between love and lies blur.

5.1

MagicScore

Private Property

2022

Kathryn, a struggling actress and unfulfilled housewife, becomes friendly with her new gardener, Ben. He gives her the attention and sensitivity she craves; however, he is not who he seems.

4.6

MagicScore

Adopting Terror

2012

Tim and Cheryl Broadbent are excited to finally adopt Mona, a beautiful baby girl. But when the baby's biological father starts stalking them, their world turns upside down: through intimidation, manipulation, and violence, he is determined to take his daughter back.

5.1

MagicScore

My Daughter's Secret

2007

When the bad-news boyfriend of 17-year-old Justine robs the store where her mother, Denise works, Justine is torn between telling the truth and sending her boyfriend to prison, or keeping the secret from her mother, which soon starts to tear her apart.

3.5

MagicScore

Room for Murder

2018

When Kristen decides to take a break from college and return home, she finds Jake, a handsome stranger, living in her old room. Her mother, Moira, explains that she invited Jake to live as a tenant to help with the house expenses. Soon, Kristen discovers not only are Jake and Moira sleeping together, but Jake has a secret, dangerous past.

7.3

MagicScore

The New Daughter

2009

John James is a writer; his wife has left him. He moves with his two middle-school children to an isolated house off a dirt road in South Carolina. The property has an Indian burial mound, which fascinates his daughter, Louisa, who's entering puberty.

5.3

MagicScore

#10

Odd Girl Out

2005

A mother and her daughter confront the intimidation of teen peer pressure and the emotionally brutalizing social rituals of high school.

5.5

MagicScore

#11

Rushed

2021

Barbara O’Brien, an Irish Catholic mother, has her life turned upside-down when her son, a freshman in college, is involved in a tragic hazing incident. Taking justice into her own hands, she travels across the country recording mothers who have lost sons to hazing in an effort to prove the university’s liability. When she is confronted by corruption and cover ups, she seeks revenge on the one person she finds truly responsible, proving that hell hath no fury like a mother scorned.

6.7

MagicScore

#12

Beautiful Thing

1996

Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, where three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

7.2

MagicScore

#13

Akron

2015

Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving their mothers soon comes to light and threatens to tear them apart.

7.2

MagicScore

#14

Out in the Dark

2012

Two young men — a Palestinian grad student and an Israeli lawyer — meet and fall in love amidst personal and political intrigue.

6.8

MagicScore

#15

Hide Your Smiling Faces

2014

Tommy and his older brother Eric live in the midst of vast remote forests. The death of their friend pushes them close to the edge. Eric doesn’t know how to channel his energy. All at once, nature’s vastness feels stifling.

6.4

MagicScore

#16

King Jack

2015

Growing up in a rural town filled with violent delinquents, Jack has learned to do what it takes to survive, despite having an oblivious mother and no father. After his aunt falls ill and a younger cousin comes to stay with him, the hardened 15-year-old discovers the importance of friendship, family, and looking for happiness even in the most desolate of circumstances.

6.4

MagicScore

#17

A Little Lust

2015

Sixteen year old Rocco's two aims in life are to get laid and to see his favorite pop star in concert with his two best friends. When a bullying incident at school forces Rocco to come out to his divorced middle-class parents their liberal leanings are severely tested. Luckily his two friends stand by him and join him in running away from home (in his parents stolen car) to see their favorite singer in concert, followed hot on their heels by his neurotic mother and eccentric gran.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

Journey to a Mother's Room

2018

The movie about a daughter, who leaves home for the first time. Her mother, left behind, doesn't know how to fill the empty place.

6.3

MagicScore

#19

Seashore

2015

A lonely beach on the southernmost coast of Brazil is the scene for two friends, on the brink of adulthood, to explore their understanding of themselves and one another. Martin has been sent by his father to retrieve what appears to be an inheritance-related document from the family of his recently deceased and estranged grandfather. Tomaz accompanies him, seemingly hoping to regain some of their former closeness. The two boys shelter themselves in a glass house, in front of a cold and stormy sea.

6.2

MagicScore

#20

Screwed

2018

Seventeen-year-olds Miku and Elias find themselves, and each other, during a summer in the Finnish countryside.

6.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Natural Selection?

The top films similar to Natural Selection by MovieMagicScore are The Revival (5.2), Line of Duty (5.9), Mud (7.1). Each shares crime/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Natural Selection worth watching?

Natural Selection holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.3/10 from 125 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Natural Selection?

Natural Selection (2016) is a crime, drama film directed by Chad L. Scheifele, starring Mason Dye, Ryan Munzert, Anthony Michael Hall.

Where can I find more recommendations like Natural Selection?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more crime recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Natural Selection

This ranked list pairs Natural Selection (2016), a crime and drama film from Chad L. Scheifele, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Mason Dye take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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