
Movies that feel like We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
If you loved We Need to Talk About Kevin, the closest films we have are The Wave (2008), Locke (2014) and A Hijacking (2012). All three share We Need to Talk About Kevin's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV and others, checked against today's data.
If We Need to Talk About Kevin hit the spot, these will too

Common ground: violence in schools

One thread runs through both: pregnancy

The same preoccupation in both: murder

Lynne Ramsay working the same nerve twice
The difference: Leans further into crime

Contemplative and tense in the same breath

Contemplative drama in both cases

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Both lean on tension more than on thriller
The difference: Reviewed even better

Both working the same drama territory

Both keep coming back to the same thing: flashback
The difference: Played as action first

Both play thriller straight
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