Movies like Joe: 20 to watch next

If you loved Joe (2014) — a drama film directed by David Gordon Green — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Joe most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like pedophilia, child abuse and prostitute. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
Midnight Cowboy 1969★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
2
Cop 1988★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
3
Cape Fear 1991★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
4
Cohen and Tate 1989★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
A boy kidnapped by two mismatched hitmen puts them at each other's throats while being driven to their employers, possibly to be killed. Cohen, an older professional becomes increasingly irritated with his partner Tate, a brutish killer, when their prisoner uses unnatural guile and resourcefulness to play them off against each other.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
5
Mystic River 2003★ 7.7
Shares: Drama
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
6
Straw Dogs 2011★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
A young couple moves to a quaint southern town. Soon their perfect getaway turns out to become a living hell when dark secrets and lethal passions spiral out of control.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
7
Blood Simple 1985★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
8
The Killer Inside Me 2010★ 5.8
Shares: Drama
Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and apparently thoughtful. Some people think he is a little slow and maybe boring, but that is the worst they say about him. But then nobody knows about what Lou calls his "sickness": He is a brilliant, but disturbed sociopathic sadist.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
9
Boy Wonder 2010★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides what is right or wrong? As the boundaries blur, Sean's dual life wears on his psyche and his two worlds careen dangerously close to colliding. Like a graphic novel you can't put down, Boy Wonder challenges morality, distorting perceptions of what is right and what is justified, as it races to its shocking conclusion.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
10
Once Upon a Time in America 1984★ 8.4
Shares: Drama
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
11
Brimstone 2016★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn’t commit.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
12
Man on Fire 2004★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
13
M 1951★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
In the city, someone is murdering children. The police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
14
Mysterious Skin 2005★ 7.7
Shares: Drama
A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
15
Sleepers 1996★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
16
The Nines 2007★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
Back Roads 2019★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
A young man cares for his younger sisters after their mother is imprisoned for murdering their abusive father. When he strikes up an affair with a married woman, long-dormant family secrets bubble to the surface.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
Cape Fear 1962★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
19
Joe the King 1999★ 5.8
Shares: Drama
A destitute 14-year-old struggles to keep his life together despite harsh abuse at his mother's hands, harsher abuse at his father's, and a growing separation from his slightly older brother.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
20
Killer Joe 2012★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
A cop who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister.
Stream in India on Plex