20 movies like Woman of Straw, ordered by similarity : The Illusionist(2006), Dead Ringer(1964), The Thomas Crown Affair(1968), Witness for the Prosecution(1957), Sudden Fear(1952), Tick Tock(2000), Seduced(2016), Paper Mask(1990), Funeral in Berlin(1967), Sleuth(1972), The Sweetheart(2018), The Handmaiden(2016) ...
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1964
117 Minutes
Gina Lollobrigida Sean Connery Ralph Richardson Johnny Sekka Alexander Knox Laurence Hardy Danny Daniels Peter Madden Joseph Wise Ronald Hatton Michael Goodliffe
nephew uncle nurse detective butler millionaire suspenseful melodramatic england mansion yacht wedding scam marrying for money manipulation inheritance deception investigation temptation rivalry
Tyrannical, but ailing, tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria. The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles' ne'er-do-well nephew Anthony, who plots ways to gain control of his uncle's fortune.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Czech Republic
2006
110 Minutes
Edward Norton Paul Giamatti Jessica Biel Rufus Sewell Eddie Marsan Jake Wood Tom Fisher Karl Johnson Aaron Taylor-Johnson Eleanor Tomlinson
magician prince duchess love interest childhood sweetheart inspector dark suspenseful thrilling intense moving vienna mansion stage rivalry magic love triangle revenge assault conspiracy
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
115 Minutes
Bette Davis Karl Malden Peter Lawford Philip Carey Jean Hagen George Macready Estelle Winwood George Chandler Mario Alcalde Cyril Delevanti Monika Henreid
twin killer sister lover police detective dark creepy melodramatic funeral mansion murder jealousy deception impersonation infidelity wealth rivalry revenge fall 1960s
The working-class twin sister of a callous, wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes her identity. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1968
102 Minutes
Steve McQueen Faye Dunaway Paul Burke Jack Weston Biff McGuire Yaphet Kotto Addison Powell Astrid Heeren
millionaire investigator bank robber getaway driver detective love interest crafty cool engaging gripping suspenseful emotional boston mansion beach geneva cemetery city heist romance
A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with a sexy insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Tyrone Power Marlene Dietrich Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester John Williams Henry Daniell Ian Wolfe Una O'Connor Torin Thatcher Francis Compton Norma Varden
lawyer wife defendant prosecutor nurse witness gripping crafty courtroom trial love triangle love-hate relationship betrayal murder investigation mystery rivalry love temptation 1950s
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
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.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2000
90 Minutes
Megan Ward Kristin Minter Linden Ashby David Dukes John Ratzenberger Hedy Burress
beautiful woman wife best friend millionaire stranger private detective intricate sultry melodramatic suspenseful house bar parking lot town car office murder plot loveless marriage infidelity inheritance
A wealthy man becomes suspicious of his younger wife and hires a private detective in time to thwart her plans to have him killed.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
90 Minutes
Elisabeth Röhm Jon Prescott Julie Mond Robert Mailhouse Jessica Amlee April Audia Tanner Stine Ser'Darius Blain Cade Carradine Alexandria Basso
widow woman con man love interest murder suspect lover charming cheeky emotional passionate suspenseful disheartening germany city beach love love interest relationships betrayal trust
A woman is conned by a man who uses online dating ads to rob women.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1990
106 Minutes
Paul McGann Amanda Donohoe Frederick Treves Tom Wilkinson Barbara Leigh-Hunt Jimmy Yuill
impostor doctor nurse worker woman man suspenseful dark eerie emotional london bristol, england emergency room hospital car switched identities car accident medical profession ambition murder
A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a nurse who slowly figures out his secret and helps him maintain his charade.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1967
102 Minutes
Michael Caine Oscar Homolka Eva Renzi Paul Hubschmid Guy Doleman Rachel Gurney Hugh Burden Thomas Holtzmann Günter Meisner Heinz Schubert Marthe Keller
secret agent colonel intelligence officer spy love interest criminal bleak dark dense disheartening melodramatic suspenseful berlin germany east germany east berlin london spying relationships international chase
A British Agent is sent to East Berlin to receive a Communist defector, but the true situation turns out to be rather more complicated.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1972
138 Minutes
wealthy man adulterer businessperson writer crafty playful suspenseful england countryside city mansion competition deception infidelity murder class distinctions mystery discovery rivalry revenge
A man who loves games and theater invites his wife's lover to meet him, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2018
100 Minutes
Jessalyn Gilsig Jon Cor Hannah Vandenbygaart Scott Gibson Taveeta Szymanowicz
young woman mother father mother's boyfriend psychopath intense suspenseful thrilling disturbing melodramatic brooding house canada hospital car united states car accident divorce new love false identity
Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic champion, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His punishment: coach the Shiny Shrimps, an amateur gay water-polo team. They have only one thing in mind: to qualify for the Gay Games in Croatia.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
South Korea
2016
144 Minutes
Kim Min-hee Kim Tae-ri Ha Jung-woo Cho Jin-Woong Kim Hae-sook Moon So-ri Jeong Ha-dam Eun-hyung Jo
korean woman pickpocket japanese woman lesbian heiress intense emotional melodramatic profound brooding korea house lesbianism trust fraud money japanese occupation love forbidden love pursuit
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2004
110 Minutes
Benoît Magimel Laura Smet Aurore Clément Bernard Le Coq Solène Bouton Anna Mihalcea Thomas Chabrol
young man femme fatale bridesmaid sister love interest suspenseful dark unrestrained france wedding murder love spell marriage passion unusual behavior family love temptation discovery 2000s
In 1984, loser pizza guy Whitey Johnson is run over by a semi truck on live television, making him a local hero. The world watches as Whitey vows to not only walk again but to win his ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2009
93 Minutes
Warren Clarke Paddy Considine James Fox David Calder Nicholas Woodeson Ron Cook Maxine Peake Tony Pitts Jim Carter David Morrissey Eddie Marsan
police chief police detective businessman prostitute police officer chilling gripping suspenseful yorkshire, england club police station house police corruption revenge investigation serial murders prostitution crime discovery mystery
Detective Peter Hunter returns to Yorkshire to investigate the town's high murder rate. The local police have done little to find the killer, and he soon realizes corrupt police officers are doing everything they can to stop his progress.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
61 Minutes
Edmund Lowe Virginia Bruce Benita Hume Douglas Walton Nat Pendleton Gene Lockhart H.B. Warner Kent Smith Grant Mitchell Frieda Inescort
detective millionaire major wife niece nurse gripping suspenseful charming racetrack mansion bus library museum cliff infidelity jealousy murder investigation horse racing
Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides but Vance suspects hypnosis and foul play.
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 »
Mystery & Thriller
Australia|France|USA
2001
95 Minutes
Burt Reynolds Saffron Burrows Peter Facinelli Mike Starr George Di Cenzo Eric Mabius Michael Arata
husband wife law student best friend melodramatic suspenseful chilling house bedroom restaurant new orleans loyalty revenge terminal illness infidelity marriage love discovery temptation revenge
A wealthy man married to a beautiful younger woman puts her fidelity to the test.
Romance, Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
USA
1922
60 Minutes
Harry Houdini Arthur Maude Albert Tavernier Edwin Connelly Frank Montgomery Luis Alberni Yale Benner Jane Connelly Nita Naldi
doctor love interest fiancée explorer man boyfriend suspenseful emotional new york city arctic ship mental institution glacier wedding cryogenics missing persons schemes kidnapping time marriage
A man who has been frozen in the Arctic ice for 100 years returns to civilization to find his lost love.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain
2009
128 Minutes
Penélope Cruz Lluís Homar Blanca Portillo José Luis Gómez Tamar Novas Rubén Ochandiano Marta Aledo Agustín Almodóvar Enrique Aparicio Yuyi Beringola Javier Coll
stockbroker director producer actress son filmmaker melodramatic suspenseful intricate movie set house office funeral love triangle revenge death father/son relationship the past jealousy discovery
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
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.