Movies Like Back Roads (2019)

Back Roads is a 2019 crime, drama, thriller film from Alex Pettyfer with a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Darkness and A Madea Family Funeral.

Crime Drama Thriller

Darkness

2019

Three sisters, Stella, Luce and Aria, live in an isolated house, immersed in the shadows, submitted by a violent and authoritarian father, a religious fanatic obsessed with the end of the world, who keeps them prisoners behind locks and closed windows, under the pretext that the Apocalypse has finally arrived.

4.9

MagicScore

A Madea Family Funeral

2019

A joyous family reunion becomes a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly planning a funeral that might unveil unpleasant family secrets.

5.9

MagicScore

Palm Trees in the Snow

2015

Spain, 2003. An accidental discovery leads Clarence to travel from the snowy mountains of Huesca to Equatorial Guinea, to visit the land where her father Jacobo and her uncle Kilian spent most of their youth, the island of Fernando Poo.

7.4

MagicScore

Dolores Claiborne

1995

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.

7.3

MagicScore

The Uninvited

1944

A brother and sister move into an old seaside house that has been abandoned for many years on the Cornwellian coast. They soon discover that it is haunted by the ghost of the mother of their neighbor's granddaughter, with whom the brother has fallen in love.

6.9

MagicScore

Trapped

1982

A group of college students accidentally see a local redneck kill his wife's lover. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues, with the students trying to escape the area while the killer sets out to eliminate the witnesses who can tie him to the murder.

5.3

MagicScore

Michael

2026

The story of Michael Jackson, one of the most influential artists the world has ever known, and his life beyond the music. His journey from the discovery of his extraordinary talent as the lead of the Jackson Five, to the visionary artist whose creative ambition fueled a relentless pursuit to become the biggest entertainer in the world, highlighting both his life off-stage and some of the most iconic performances from his early solo career.

8.6

MagicScore

The Color Purple

1985

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.

7.7

MagicScore

One Night

2019

A family reunites after 15 years. They each have a story to tell as they have not forgotten what happened years ago.

7.2

MagicScore

#10

Neds

2010

NEDs (Non Educated Delinquents) is the story of a young man’s journey from prize-winning schoolboy to knife-carrying teenager. Struggling against the low expectations of those around him, John McGill changes from victim to avenger, scholar to NED, altar boy to glue sniffer. When he attempts to change back again, his new reality and recent past make conformity near impossible and violent self determination near inevitable.

6.8

MagicScore

#11

Dark Places

2015

A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.

5.9

MagicScore

#12

Midnighters

2018

Midnight, New Year’s Eve: when all the hopes of new beginnings come to life – except for Lindsey and Jeff Pittman, whose strained marriage faces the ultimate test after they cover up a terrible crime and find themselves entangled in a Hitchcockian web of deceit and madness.

5.7

MagicScore

#13

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962

A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

7.9

MagicScore

#14

Shallow Grave

1987

When four young college girls stumble upon a murder, they find themselves targeted by a killer who will stop at nothing to silence them.

4.8

MagicScore

#15

Scarface

1932

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

7.4

MagicScore

#16

Shaft

2000

New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.

6.0

MagicScore

#17

Butterflies

2018

Three strangers with one thing in common — the same father — come to a Turkish village to bury him, and learn about him and each other.

6.9

MagicScore

#18

My Father's Secrets

2022

Brussels, Belgium, 1959. Michel and Charly Kichka, two Jewish brothers, enjoy a happy childhood with their parents and their two sisters. Henri, their discreet and usually silent father, does not speak at all about his past, so they imagine that as a young man he was an adventurer, a pirate or a treasure hunter.

6.9

MagicScore

#19

Amityville II: The Possession

1982

Anthony and Dolores Montelli, along with their four children, move into their dream house in Amityville and are immediately plagued by a string of paranormal experiences. When the abusive Anthony wrongly places the blame on their children, Dolores recruits a local Catholic priest to exorcise the house.

5.7

MagicScore

#20

Home from the Hill

1960

The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.

6.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Back Roads?

The top films similar to Back Roads by MovieMagicScore are Darkness (4.9), A Madea Family Funeral (5.9), Palm Trees in the Snow (7.4). Each shares crime/drama/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Back Roads worth watching?

Back Roads holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10 from 56 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Back Roads?

Back Roads (2019) is a crime, drama, thriller film directed by Alex Pettyfer, starring Alex Pettyfer, Jennifer Morrison, Nicola Peltz Beckham.

Where can I find more recommendations like Back Roads?

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About movies like Back Roads

This ranked list pairs Back Roads (2019), a crime and drama and thriller film from Alex Pettyfer, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Alex Pettyfer 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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