Movies like M.F.A.: 20 to watch next
If you loved M.F.A. (2017) — a thriller film directed by Natalia Leite — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of M.F.A. most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like rape, trauma and campus. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Massacre at Central High 1976★ 5.9
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Maimed by bullies at a California high school, a new student engineers acts of revenge.
Stream in India on Bloodstream, Plex
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Savaged 2014★ 6.6
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After thugs brutalize a deaf-mute woman, the spirit of an Apache warrior takes over her lifeless body and sets out on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Death Wish II 1982★ 6.2
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Paul Kersey is again a vigilante trying to find five punks who murdered his housekeeper and daughter in Los Angeles.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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The Final 2010★ 6.0
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A group of high school outcasts get revenge on the students that torment them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Luckiest Girl Alive 2022★ 6.5
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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.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Ms .45 1981★ 6.7
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After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress becomes a violent agent of revenge for wronged women.
Stream in India on Plex
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I Spit on Your Grave 2010★ 6.5
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A beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject her to a nightmare of degradation, rape, and violence.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sudden Impact 1983★ 6.6
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When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Equalizer 2 2018★ 6.8
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Robert McCall, who serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, embarks on a relentless, globe-trotting quest for vengeance when his former partner is murdered.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Promising Young Woman 2020★ 7.4
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A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Eye for an Eye 1996★ 6.3
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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 daughter.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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180 2026★ 5.9
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When an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Extremities 1986★ 6.2
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A woman escapes from the man who is about to rape her, but leaves her purse behind. Afraid that her attacker might come after her, she goes to the police, but with no proof of the incident, they can do nothing. In fact, the man does use the information in her bag and comes to her apartment with the intent of rape, but she sprays him in the face with insect repellent, and then holds him captive. She is then faced with deciding whether to go to the police who might not believe her and release him, or to kill him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Horseman 2008★ 6.0
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A tender drama unfolds between a grieving father and a troubled teenage girl as they drive northbound along the quiet outback roads of Australia. What she doesn't know is that between stops, he is leaving behind a bloody trail of bodies in a revenge motivated killing spree.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Secrets We Keep 2020★ 6.0
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In post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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I Spit on Your Grave 2 2013★ 6.3
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Broke, and in desperate need to update her portfolio, New York City model Katie calls a number from a tear-off flyer offering free photos. But this innocent attempt quickly turns into an unthinkable kidnapping nightmare where she's ripped away from everyone and everything she knows.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Vigilante 1983★ 6.1
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New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, he goes berserk and vows revenge.
Stream in India on Artiflix
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Wake Up 2024★ 6.7
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A group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security guard with a gruesome passion for primitive hunting. As the night fills with violence and terror, the teenagers find themselves in a desperate fight for their lives.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Foxfire 1996★ 6.0
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The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but their wild ways begin to get out of control.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Just Cause 1995★ 6.3
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A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now