15 Movies Like Tonka of the Gallows

Loved Tonka of the Gallows? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Girl in the Box
#1

Girl in the Box

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Tonka of the Gallows.

The Unforgivable
#2

The Unforgivable

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Tonka of the Gallows.

Touchless
#3

Touchless

Jolana (18) is an object of her step-father's desire. She is unable to cope, especially when her own mother turns a blind eye. Those events are heavily paid for when she finds herself working in a brothel. Her inability to cope raise a question: What is it she actually wants? Are her dreams of escaping really better than the reality she finds herself in?

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Tonka of the Gallows.

The Young One
#4

The Young One

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Tonka of the Gallows.

Mansfield Park
#5

Mansfield Park

Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the worldly Mary and Henry Crawford

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Tonka of the Gallows.

Fatima
#6

Fatima

In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Tonka of the Gallows.

Salomé
#7

Salomé

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Tonka of the Gallows.

The Painted Bird
#8

The Painted Bird

After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Tonka of the Gallows.

Cass
#9

Cass

The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and respected men in Britain.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Tonka of the Gallows.

Holy Lands
#10

Holy Lands

When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife Monica is trying to manage the lives of their adult children, Annabelle and David, as well as her own.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Tonka of the Gallows.

Marketa Lazarová
#11

Marketa Lazarová

Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Tonka of the Gallows.

Mandragora
#12

Mandragora

Marek is a 15-year-old from a provincial village who runs away to Prague when he begins to fail at school. He is mugged shortly after arriving in the city and is rescued by Honza with the promise of work. Marek is taken to an apartment, drugged, and becomes a male prostitute. He is a bit smarter than his colleagues and teams up with a friend, David, in order to go after bigger scores – to cash in and get out. They manage to stash away a bit of money, but when it comes time to return home, Marek loses his nerve and is soon back in the city.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Tonka of the Gallows.

Radium Girls
#13

Radium Girls

Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Tonka of the Gallows.

My Sunny Maad
#14

My Sunny Maad

When Herra, a young Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan, she has no idea what kind of life awaits her in post-Taliban Afghanistan, nor of the family she is about to integrate into. A liberal grandfather, an adopted child who is highly intelligent and Freshta, who would do anything to escape her husband's violent grip.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Tonka of the Gallows.

The Hand
#15

The Hand

A happy little potter is approached by a huge hand which wants him to sculpt its statue. The potter refuses, wanting nothing more than to be left alone with his only friend, a potted plant. As the hand's request gives way to bribery, demands, and threats, the potter becomes more desperate to escape its clutch, leading to tragedy.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Tonka of the Gallows.