20 movies like Stage Fright, ordered by similarity : Vertigo(1958), The Falcon Takes Over(1942), Phantom Lady(1944), Angel Heart(1987), Black Widow(1954), The Woman in Green(1945), Postmark for Danger(1955), The Ghost Camera(1933), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Sudden Fear(1952), Super 8(2011), Murder by Decree(1979) ...
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1950
110 Minutes
Jane Wyman Marlene Dietrich Richard Todd Michael Wilding Kay Walsh Sybil Thorndike Miles Malleson Hector MacGregor Joyce Grenfell Andre Morell Patricia Hitchcock
wrongly accused ex-girlfriend detective actress actor amateur sleuth suspenseful gripping london theater chase false accusations disguise blackmail deception investigation pursuit mystery escape 1950s
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high society entertainer.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1958
128 Minutes
James Stewart Kim Novak Barbara Bel Geddes Tom Helmore Henry Jones Raymond Bailey Ellen Corby Konstantin Shayne Lee Patrick
detective wife friend dead person police officer suspenseful gripping church san francisco hotel country club obsession madness investigation accident deception rescue pursuit mystery love
A former police detective juggles wrestling with his personal demons and becoming obsessed with a hauntingly beautiful woman.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
63 Minutes
George Sanders Lynn Bari James Gleason Allen Jenkins Helen Gilbert Ward Bond Anne Revere Hans Conried
detective escaped convict inspector sidekick ex-girlfriend reporter melodramatic thrilling suspenseful new york city office club graveyard street murder investigation blackmail deception missing persons ransom unlikely allies
The Falcon and reporter Ann Riordan try to solve a string of murders after an ex-wrestler, released from jail, goes looking for his girl friend.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
87 Minutes
Franchot Tone Ella Raines Alan Curtis Aurora Miranda Thomas Gomez Fay Helm Elisha Cook Jr. Andrew Tombes Regis Toomey Joseph Crehan Doris Lloyd
husband friend secretary detective drummer stranger suspenseful gripping tense new york city bar office apartment nightclub murder false accusations investigation devotion mystery pursuit
A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada|USA
1987
113 Minutes
Mickey Rourke Robert De Niro Lisa Bonet Charlotte Rampling Stocker Fontelieu Brownie McGhee Michael Higgins Charles Gordone Kathleen Wilhoite
private investigator singer daughter satan magician dark gripping suspenseful new york city new orleans hotel racetrack mystery murder secret detective voodoo investigation mystery pursuit
A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1954
95 Minutes
Ginger Rogers Van Heflin Gene Tierney George Raft Peggy Ann Garner
producer writer actor actress wife dark suspenseful new york city broadway theater manhattan apartment murder deception suicide broadway ambition mystery pursuit 1950s
A young writer insinuates herself into the life of a Broadway producer.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
68 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Hillary Brooke Henry Daniell Paul Cavanagh Matthew Boulton Eve Amber Frederick Worlock Tom Bryson
sherlock holmes doctor watson professor moriarty beautiful woman police detective amateur sleuth suspenseful intricate london household scotland yard 221b baker street investigation murder mutilation deception hypnosis mystery rivalry discovery
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA
1955
84 Minutes
Terry Moore Robert Beatty William Sylvester Geoffrey Keen Josephine Griffin Allan Cuthbertson Henry Oscar William Lucas
actress artist diamond smugglers blackmailer murder suspect killer melodramatic brooding tense suspenseful engaging intense england murder blackmail crime syndicate alibi diamond smuggling father/daughter relationship discovery
A woman's painted portrait and a post card with a sketch of a woman's hand holding a Chianti bottle are the main clues used by the Scotland Yard to solve a string of murders connected to a diamond-smuggling ring.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1933
68 Minutes
Henry Kendall Ida Lupino John Mills Victor Stanley George Merritt Felix Aylmer
chemist amateur sleuth young woman detective coroner maid suspenseful chilling gripping engaging tense melodramatic england seaside murder investigation amateur detectives photograph search jewelry theft missing persons
As part of Rainey's circus, Dad Denton returns to the town where he is supposedly wanted for murder. When his old enemy McDonald spots him with out his clown makeup, he sets his men up to ... See full summary »
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1952
110 Minutes
Joan Crawford Jack Palance Gloria Grahame Herman Brix Virginia Huston Michael Connors
playwright heiress actor lover lawyer friend dark melodramatic suspenseful new york city broadway theater train san francisco mansion marriage murder plot inheritance adultery deception acting
After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2011
112 Minutes
Kyle Chandler Elle Fanning Joel Courtney Gabriel Basso Ron Eldard Noah Emmerich Riley Griffiths Ryan Lee Zach Mills AJ Michalka Glynn Turman
teen boy teen girl friend father deputy military officer thrilling emotional endearing suspenseful gripping heartwarming ohio train tracks lair small town household military base train crash filmmaking
During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada
1979
121 Minutes
Christopher Plummer James Mason Donald Sutherland David Hemmings Susan Clark Anthony Quayle John Gielgud Frank Finlay
detective killer doctor watson prostitute police officer psychic brooding dark suspenseful gripping england street underworld london mass murder detective work psychic phenomena jack the ripper sherlock holmes investigation
Sherlock Holmes investigates the murders commited by Jack the Ripper and discovers a conspiracy to protect the killer.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1959
105 Minutes
young girl murderer detective street urchin sailor witness suspenseful shocking dark melodramatic cardiff, wales tenement house police station street church witnessing murder investigation conspiracy unlikely friendship deception
A twelve-year-old tomboy witnesses the murder of a woman by her Polish merchant marine boyfriend, but bonds with him and thwarts the police in their investigation.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
India
1956
146 Minutes
editor inspector wealthy man suspect mysterious woman suspenseful gripping india police station murder secret investigation chase mystery pursuit 1950s
A newspaper editor gets murdered when he was about to expose the underworld links of a rich person. So, a C.I.D inspector gets assigned to investigate the murder case.
Mystery & Thriller
1922
109 Minutes
John Barrymore Roland Young Carol Dempster Gustav von Seyffertitz Louis Wolheim Percy Knight William Powell Hedda Hopper Reginald Denny Peggy Bayfield Margaret Kemp
professor moriarty doctor watson sherlock holmes criminal love interest friend thrilling witty london switzerland england household partnership false accusations theft blackmail investigation organized crime mystery pursuit
The famous detective (John Barrymore) comes to the rescue when an archcriminal (Gustav von Seyffertitz) targets a prince (Reginald Denny).
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1948
97 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Leo Genn Claire Trevor Sydney Greenstreet Leon Ames Frank McHugh Walter Kingsford Dan Tobin Lex Barker Nydia Westman Theresa Harris
broadway star producer ex-girlfriend rival architect police detective intense suspenseful melodramatic broadway theater new york city blackmail murder investigation broadway show business crimes of passion transformation rivalry mystery
A Broadway star unintentionally kills her impresario but keeps mum about it when the police investigator targets a rival actress.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
85 Minutes
Charles Laughton Ella Raines Dean Harens Stanley Ridges Henry Daniell Rosalind Ivan Molly Lamont Raymond Severn Eve Amber Maude Eburne Clifford Brooke
shopkeeper husband wife murderer detective blackmailer melodramatic suspenseful uneasy london shop murder blackmail paranoia forbidden love fall underdog mystery pursuit 1900s
Bachelor Harry Quincey, head designer in a small-town cloth factory, lives with his selfish sisters, glamorous hypochondriac Lettie and querulous widow Hester. His developing relationship ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK
1965
109 Minutes
Michael Caine Nigel Green Guy Doleman Sue Lloyd Gordon Jackson Aubrey Richards Frank Gatliff Thomas Baptiste Oliver MacGreevy Barry Raymond Pauline Winter
spy scientist intelligence officer guard love interest thrilling intense gripping london office apartment train warehouse investigation espionage kidnapping brainwashing corruption deception mystery
In London, a counter espionage Agent deals with his own bureaucracy while investigating the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists.
Mystery & Thriller
1961
100 Minutes
Dirk Bogarde Sylvia Sims Dennis Price Nigel Stock Peter McEnery Donald Churchill Anthony Nicholls Hilton Edwards Norman Bird Derren Nesbitt
barrister wife criminal friend homosexual detective dark emotional tense london household courtroom homosexuality blackmail suicide investigation affair trial quest pursuit
A prominent London barrister sets out to learn the identity of a blackmailer who preys on homosexuals.
Mystery & Thriller
1940
88 Minutes
Anton Walbrook Diana Wynyard Frank Pettingell Cathleen Cordell Robert Newton Jimmy Hanley
wife detective husband maid cook brooding crafty suspenseful mansion london street deception murder exploitation jewelry theft double life investigation discovery mystery 1930s
A schizoid Victorian (Anton Walbrook) tries to drive his wife (Diana Wynyard) mad; a Scotland Yard detective (Frank Pettingell) figures out why.