20 movies like The Halfway House, ordered by similarity : Bad Times at the El Royale(2018), Between Strangers(2002), Rialto(2019), Papillon(2017), Marked Men(1940), Western(2017), Teorema(1968), Trash(2014), Captain Applejack(1931), Christmas Miracle(2012), Hotel(1967), Key Largo(1948) ...
Drama
UK
1944
95 Minutes
Francoise Rosay Glynis Johns Tom Walls Mervyn Johns Alfred Drayton Esmond Knight
stranger ghost mysterious drifter suspenseful engaging inn hotel countryside strangers secret loss storm escape discovery 1940s
A group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. The inn-keeper seems a little mysterious...
Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
141 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Cynthia Erivo Jon Hamm Dakota Johnson Cailee Spaeny Lewis Pullman Chris Hemsworth Nick Offerman
stranger singer cleric salesman sister manager thrilling sultry gory unrestrained uneasy dark hotel hotel room living room california nevada lake tahoe rivalry mysterious strangers
Early 1970s. Four strangers check in at the El Royale Hotel. The hotel is deserted, staffed by a single desk clerk. Some of the new guests' reasons for being there are less than innocent and some are not who they appear to be.
Drama
Canada|Italy
2002
95 Minutes
Sophia Loren Mira Sorvino Deborah Kara Unger Pete Postlethwaite Klaus Maria Brandauer Gérard Depardieu Malcolm McDowell Wendy Crewson
wife mother cellist photographer artist estranged father ex-convict family friend stranger inspiring uplifting touching tender toronto canada secret discovery art journey
Three women confront their pasts which changes their futures.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
Ireland|UK
2019
86 Minutes
middle-aged man homosexual family married man gripping gritty engaging intense dublin docks ireland discovery homosexuality loss of job loss of hope vulnerability discovery escape fall temptation
Colm, mid-40s has a comfortable life: a managerial job in Dublin's docks, two teenage children, and a kind, loyal wife in Claire. After the death of his father, a destructive figure, Colm's emotional life cracks open, and his downward spiral continues when he is made redundant. Drinking heavily and unable to confide in Claire, Colm finds himself drawn to Jay, a 19-year-old who dabbles in ... See full summary »
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Drama
USA
1940
66 Minutes
Warren Hull Isabel Jewell John Dilson Paul Bryar Charles Williams Lyle Clement
college graduate wrongly accused escaped convict gangster henchmen bank robber suspenseful brooding intense tense engaging gripping arizona small town prison break new life frame-up wrongful conviction desert trek innocence
Bill Carver is a young medical-school graduate wrongly confined in prison. He escapes and finds a haven and romance in an Arizona small town. But his hopes of happiness and freedom are ... See full summary »
Drama
Germany|Bulgaria|Austria
2017
120 Minutes
Meinhard Neumann Reinhardt Wetrek Syuleyman Alilov Letifov Veneta Fragnova Viara Borisova Kevin Bashev Aliosman Deliev Momchil Sinanov Robert Gawellek
construction worker german local rival foreigner stranger brooding engaging gripping profound shocking bulgaria construction site rural community outdoors small town cultural differences strangers companionship understanding
German construction workers building a dam near a Bulgarian village interact with the locals, and soon the troubles arise both with the locals and among themselves.
Drama
Italy
1968
100 Minutes
Silvana Mangano Terence Stamp Massimo Girotti Anne Wiazemsky Laura Betti Ninetto Davoli Alfonso Gatto Susanna Pasolini Adele Cambria Carlo De Mejo Luigi Barbini
young man stranger husband wife daughter maid emotional engaging fascinating passionate sultry melodramatic italy milan milan, italy villa passion secret attraction relationships
A mysterious young man seduces each member of a bourgeois family. When he suddenly leaves, how will their lives change?
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Adventure, Drama
UK|Brazil|Germany
2014
113 Minutes
Selton Mello Wagner Moura Rooney Mara Martin Sheen Rickson Tevis Eduardo Luís Gabriel Weinstein Nelson Xavier André Ramiro Jesuíta Barbosa Daniel Zettel
young boy friend young man police officer villain engaging emotional melodramatic suspenseful slum rio de janeiro secret past secret danger money adventure discovery growing up escape mystery
Set in Brazil, three kids who make a discovery in a garbage dump soon find themselves running from the cops and trying to right a terrible wrong.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
76 Minutes
John Halliday Mary Brian Kay Strozzi Louise Closser Hale Alec B. Francis Claude Allister Julia Swayne Gordon Arthur Edmund Carewe Otto Hoffman William B. Davidson
squire ward frenchwoman stranger jewel thief servant engaging spirited thrilling cornwall, england estate library bedroom strangers strange happenings pirates family history treasure the past transformation
An ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.
Other, Drama
Canada
2012
92 Minutes
Dan Payne David Nykl Valin Shinyei Aaron Pearl George Canyon Siobhan Williams Randal Edwards
stranger amusing engaging moving spirited abandoned church blizzard storm discovery escape quest 21st century
Due to a road closure, eight strangers must take refuge in an abandoned church during a storm. They learn how to manage through various dilemmas by working together.
Drama
1967
124 Minutes
Rod Taylor Catherine Spaak Karl Malden Melvyn Douglas Richard Conte Michael Rennie Merle Oberon Kevin McCarthy
hotel owner hotel manager thief duke duchess guest frenetic melodramatic new orleans hotel lobby hotel room office louisiana scandal blackmail schemes financial troubles drunken driving robbery
The manager (Rod Taylor) of a posh New Orleans hotel handles a hostile takeover, a scandal and a thief (Karl Malden).
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
101 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Edward G. Robinson Lauren Bacall Lionel Barrymore Claire Trevor Thomas Gomez Jay Silverheels
war hero widow father-in-law mobster henchman alcoholic suspenseful engaging florida key largo, fla. hotel boat showdown confinement organized crime courage hurricane escape rescue 1940s
A man visits his war buddy's family hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, the two end up confronting each other.
Drama, Adventure
UK
2016
97 Minutes
Rafe Spall Andrew Scott Kelly Macdonald Dane Hughes Orla Hill Teddie-Rose Malleson-Allen Bobby McCulloch Seren Hawkes Hannah Jayne Thorp Jessica Hynes Harry Enfield
sibling camper local hero secret agent engaging gripping powerful suspenseful tense island lake town lake district, england adventure camping childhood family secret adventure
Four children (the Swallows) on holiday in the Lake District sail on their own to an island and start a war with rival children (the Amazons). In the meantime, a mysterious man on a houseboat accuses them of a crime they did not commit.
War, Drama
USA
1963
172 Minutes
Steve McQueen James Garner Richard Attenborough Charles Bronson James Donald Donald Pleasence James Coburn David McCallum Gordon Jackson John Leyton Angus Lennie
military officer soldier prisoner nazi cheeky engaging gutsy spirited suspenseful germany pow camp escape deception confinement dangerous assignment prison rebellion escape quest pursuit
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
Drama
UK
1978
87 Minutes
Alan Bates Susannah York John Hurt Robert Stephens Tim Curry Carol Drinkwater
stranger husband wife composer tense uneasy england countryside mental institution mysticism music isolation strange happenings supernatural mental illness discovery escape 1970s
A traveller by the name of Crossley forces himself upon a musician and his wife in a lonely part of Devon, and uses the aboriginal magic he has learned to displace his host.
Drama
USA
1947
116 Minutes
Gregory Peck Alida Valli Charles Laughton Charles Coburn Ann Todd Ethel Barrymore Louis Jourdan Leo G. Carroll Joan Tetzel Isobel Elsom John Goldsworthy
lawyer murderer servant judge police officer hotel manager tense engaging gripping suspenseful brooding london courtroom hotel restaurant home murder trial marriage false accusations
A happily married London barrister falls in love with the accused poisoner he is defending.
Horror, Fantasy, Drama
2017
100 Minutes
Jung-ah Yum Hyuk-Kwon Park Heo Jin Bang Yu-seol Hae-yeon Gil Lee Yool Lee Ju-won Park Soo-yeong
child parent ghost thrilling suspenseful striking rousing gripping frightening engaging south korea family home horror metamorphosis discovery mystery pursuit escape 2010s
Crime, Drama
France|Canada
1978
124 Minutes
Isabelle Huppert Stéphane Audran Jean Carmet Jean-François Garreaud Jean Dalmain Lisa Langlois François Maistre Philippe Procot Bernard Alane Mario David Henri-Jacques Huet
young woman mother father murderer frenchwoman prostitute engaging melodramatic shocking thrilling suspenseful gripping france family home prostitution dark secrets secret life poison rebellion murder plot
In an interwar France struggling with profound social and political change, 18-year-old Violette Noziere rebels against the constraints of her claustrophobic, working-class (and possibly incestuous) family, with troubling consequences.
Crime, Drama
UK
1960
98 Minutes
Stanley Baker John Crawford Donald Pleasence Billie Whitelaw
inspector escaped convict murderer detective gang leader criminal gripping thrilling suspenseful tense intense engaging manchester, england jailbreak on the run mission criminals murder investigation money discovery
In Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.
Drama, History
Germany
2017
110 Minutes
Aaron Altaras Max Mauff Alice Dwyer Ruby O. Fee Victoria Schulz Florian Lukas Andreas Schmidt Sergej Moya Lucas Reiber
jewish man jewish woman nazi german soldier tense suspenseful striking powerful moving engaging berlin nazi germany germany jewish people jewish identity nazis nazi occupation secret life world war ii escape
While Joseph Goebbels infamously declared Berlin "free of Jews" in 1943, 1,700 managed to survive in the Nazi capital through the end of WWII. The Invisibles traces the stories of four young people who learned to hide in plain sight.