20 movies like The Yellow Balloon, ordered by similarity : Frenzy(1972), It(2017), Spider(2002), Get Out(2017), The Beacon(2009), Somebody Is Waiting(1996), Postmark for Danger(1955), Badlapur(2015), Thoroughbreds(2017), Never Let Go(2015), My Mother's Stalker(2018), Who Am I(2014) ...
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1953
80 Minutes
child friend thief owner mother father dark gritty tense london ruins pub household underground childhood accidental death guilt robbery murder blackmail
One of two young boys accidentally falls to his death when playing in a bombed-out London neighborhood. Frankie, the survivor feels guilty about his friend's death. Len, a petty thief who ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1972
116 Minutes
Jon Finch Barry Foster Barbara Leigh-Hunt Anna Massey Alec McCowen Vivien Merchant Billie Whitelaw Jean Marsh Bernard Cribbins Michael Bates Clive Swift
murderer suspect ex-wife inspector murder suspect murder victim dark gritty thrilling suspenseful london bar market river office restaurant framed for murder murder manhunt serial murders
A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
135 Minutes
Jaeden Martell Jeremy Ray Taylor Sophia Lillis Finn Wolfhard Chosen Jacobs Jack Dylan Grazer Wyatt Oleff Bill Skarsgård Nicholas Hamilton Jake Sim Logan Thompson
clown victim killer child friend sibling brooding chilling disturbing frightening suspenseful uneasy derry, maine sewer house school woods horror monsters evil
An estranged family gathers together in New York City for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2002
98 Minutes
Ralph Fiennes Miranda Richardson Gabriel Byrne Bradley Hall Lynn Redgrave John Neville Gary Reineke Philip Craig
mental patient schizophrenic father mother mistress friend disturbing intense dark mental institution halfway house london canal pub kitchen memory mental illness childhood trauma family dysfunction secret
Haunted by his childhood, a psychotic loner (Ralph Fiennes) has difficulty after his release from a mental institution.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2017
104 Minutes
Daniel Kaluuya Allison Williams Catherine Keener Bradley Whitford Caleb Landry Jones Marcus Henderson Betty Gabriel LaKeith Stanfield Stephen Root Lil Rel Howery Ashley LeConte Campbell
african-american girlfriend mother father servant friend creepy dark intense apartment bedroom house yard car forest meeting interracial relationship strange behavior danger survival
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2009
98 Minutes
Teri Polo David Rees Snell Elaine Hendrix Nick Sowell Marnette Patterson Michael Ironside Ken Howard
parent death ghost parapsychologist police officer child thrilling creepy dark emotional shocking suspenseful united states texas dallas villa mansion home childhood trauma death of child
A bipolar, small-time scam artist gets mixed up with some wacky pornographers and takes on the run after being falsely accused of a murder.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1996
90 Minutes
Gabriel Byrne Nastassja Kinski Johnny Whitworth Rebecca Gayheart Shirley Knight Brian Donovan Gary Bairos
young man mother father sibling truck driver girlfriend tense emotional united states bank house backyard road bank robbery accidental death on the run death of mother alcoholism family relationships transformation
Charlotte Ellis is a devoted mother, caring for her five children alone, following the departure of her cruel, alcoholic husband Roger To make her situation worse, her son Leon is going off the rails.
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, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2015
123 Minutes
Varun Dhawan Nawazuddin Siddiqui Huma Qureshi Yami Gautam Divya Dutta Vinay Pathak Radhika Apte
mother son father partner wife robber brash confident dark emotional gritty intense india house car apartment police station vengeance tragic death bank robbery
An innocent man turns brutal when his family gets killed in a bank robbery and one of the perpetrators escapes. 15 years later, he begins his deadly game of vengeance.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Olivia Cooke Anya Taylor-Joy Anton Yelchin Paul Sparks Francie Swift Kaili Vernoff Chaunty Spillane Stephanie Atkinson Max Ripley
best friend stepfather mother murderer murder victim drug dealer amusing hilarious dark brash brooding disturbing mansion party connecticut living room pool car teen angst children vs. adults
Two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to solve both of their problems-no matter what the cost.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Morocco|Spain|UK
2015
93 Minutes
Angela Dixon Nigel Whitmey Lisa Eichhorn Velibor Topic Heather Peace Rami Nasr Samantha Bolter Michael Xavier
single mother baby child heroine kidnapped child kidnapper hero police captain chilling dark emotional frenetic gripping intense powerful shocking united states morocco spain city
A single mother on vacation, takes the law into her own hands to take back her abducted child.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2018
85 Minutes
Emmanuelle Vaugier Clayton Chitty Beverley Breuer James Dean Adam Ballantyne Katherine Slingsby Aurelio DiNunzio James Leard Diane Verhiel Michael Timmermans Scarlet Redpath
stalker old friend mother daughter doctor melodramatic campy thrilling engaging tense america high-school reunion childhood friends stalking mother/child relationship crime discovery escape love mystery
Old friends gets together for a high school reunion, only for a crime to set off a series of tragic events.
Mystery & Thriller
Germany
2014
105 Minutes
Tom Schilling Elyas M'Barek Wotan Wilke Möhring Antoine Monot Jr. Hannah Herzsprung Stephan Kampwirth Trine Dyrholm Agnes Thi-Mai
hacker investigator friend misfit gripping gritty frenetic uneasy dark fascinating germany berlin party house childhood flashbacks trauma virtual reality hackers underdog
Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2015
95 Minutes
Luis Tosar Goya Toledo Javier Gutiérrez Pedro Alonso Fernando Cayo Elvira Mínguez Antonio Mourelos María Mera Ricardo de Barreiro Luis Zahera
banker father child blackmailer psychopath son suspenseful thrilling intense gory brooding car street city helicopter docks bank blackmail bomb police pursuit
Breakfast, kiss to his wife, take the children to the school, a bomb under the car, one neverending day ahead.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
UK
2015
101 Minutes
James Cosmo Craig Conway Bob Duff James Lance Amy Manson Eileen Nicholas Faye McLoughlin Nora-Jane Noone Simon Quarterman Joy Sanders
disabled girl boyfriend mother estranged father estranged brother sister chilling dark disturbing tense suspenseful creepy family home england family secrets horror memory loss childhood terror uncertainty
A woman returns home to her estranged family after a near-fatal accident, but begins to suspect something is not right.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
94 Minutes
Olivia DeJonge Ed Oxenbould Deanna Dunagan Peter McRobbie Kathryn Hahn Celia Keenan-Bolger Samuel Stricklen Patch Darragh Jorge Cordova Steve Annan Benjamin Kanes
young girl brother mother grandmother grandfather evil spirit dark creepy intense house pennsylvania farm attic yard train grandparent/child relationship evil danger siblings stress
Two siblings become increasingly frightened by their grandparents' disturbing behavior while visiting them on vacation.
Mystery & Thriller
France
1995
117 Minutes
Marie Gillain Olivier Sitruk Bruno Putzulu Richard Berry Philippe Duclos Marie Ravel Clotilde Courau Jean-Louis Richard Jeanne Goupil
salesgirl boyfriend friend criminal victim dark gritty tense paris apartment nightclub store murder greed robbery deception friendship ambition temptation fall
Three teenagers plan to steal the necessary funds to open their dream shop in the US, but things get messy.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Emily Blunt John Krasinski Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Cade Woodward Leon Russom Rhoda Pell Evangelina Cavoli
man woman child monster alien son bleak dark eerie intense frightening farmhouse woods abandoned town house basement silo monsters survival a cappella
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
94 Minutes
Denis Menochet Léa Drucker Thomas Gioria Mathilde Auneveux Mathieu Saïkaly Florence Janas Saadia Bentaïeb Sophie Pincemaille Émilie Incerti-Formentini Jérome Care-Aulanier Coralie Russier
divorce divorce lawyer son mother father family member emotional intense tense disheartening office party bus house car apartment custody battle divorce family feud growing up
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1951
80 Minutes
murderer blackmailer landlord murder victim young woman young man brash brutal disturbing gripping intense suspenseful nightclub apartment crime scene unintended consequences murder blackmail confession accident
In London, a man is blackmailed by his landlord-neighbor after he accidentally kills, in his flat, a woman he picked up in a nightclub.
Mystery & Thriller
Australia
2008
110 Minutes
Peter Marshall Caroline Marohasy Brad McMurray Jack Henry Christopher Sommers Bryan Probets Steve Tandy Chris Betts Damon Gibson Hannah Levien
father daughter hitchhiker mother criminal teen girl dark intense australia open road household vigilantism murder rape vengeance father/daughter relationship unlikely friendship revenge love transformation
When Christian finds out his runaway teenage daughter, Jesse has been sexually attacked, the suburban father loses it. Setting out to find Jesse's attacker, Christian goes on a violent rampage.