
Movies that feel likeThelma (2017)
If you loved Thelma, the closest films we have are Basic Instinct (1992), Eyes Wide Shut (1999) and Rojo (2018). All three share Thelma's twisty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Kahaani (2012).
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If Thelma hit the spot, these will too

Both keep coming back to the same thing: sexual obsession
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Both are built on the same subject: sexual obsession

Contemplative and twisty in the same breath
The difference: Takes it somewhere less obsessive than Thelma does

Both lean on obsession more than on drama



The same preoccupation in both: obsession
The difference: Sits closer to crime than Thelma does

Common ground: obsession

Mystery with a pulse of tension, in both cases

One thread runs through both: a woman at the center

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Thriller built on stillness, twice over
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