20 movies like The American Friend, ordered by similarity : Fresh Bait(1995), Fugue(2018), The Commuter(2018), The Ruins(2008), Get Out(2017), Shifty(2008), So Evil My Love(1948), It Follows(2014), First Reformed(2017), Demon(2015), The Gift(2015), The Departed(2006) ...
Mystery & Thriller
West Germany|France
1977
127 Minutes
Dennis Hopper Bruno Ganz Elisabeth Kreuzer Gérard Blain Nicholas Ray Samuel Fuller Peter Lilienthal Daniel Schmid Jean Eustache Rudolf Schündler Sandy Whitelaw
art dealer husband artist forger friend wife uneasy profound dark suspenseful hamburg, germany car train city apartment murder plot unlikely criminal family desperation terminal illness
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
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, Drama
2018
100 Minutes
Gabriela Muskala Lukasz Simlat Malgorzata Buczkowska Piotr Skiba Halina Rasiakowna Zbigniew Walerys Dariusz Chojnacki Iwo Rajski Klara Bielawka Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
amnesiac mother daughter wife family member friend gripping raw emotional intricate tense forest hospital house beach train tracks train station amnesia starting over going home
Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free-spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her former family to assume against her will her role as wife, mother, and daughter to people who are strangers to her.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|UK|France|China|Canada|Spain
2018
104 Minutes
Liam Neeson Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson Jonathan Banks Sam Neill Elizabeth McGovern Florence Pugh Shazad Latif Letitia Wright Killian Scott Clara Lago
insurance salesman husband wife son mysterious woman stranger brooding crafty rousing suspenseful gripping thrilling train house train station train tracks mysterious strangers conspiracy train travel unlikely criminal
An action-thriller in which an insurance salesman/ex-cop is caught up in a life-threatening conspiracy during his daily commute home.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Germany|Australia
2008
91 Minutes
Jonathan Tucker Jena Malone Laura Ramsey Shawn Ashmore Joe Anderson Dimitri Baveas Jesse Ramirez Luis Ramos
american man girlfriend friend german brother mayan chilling dark gory suspenseful frightening brutal resort bus pyramid beach truck dig site vacation supernatural
A leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.
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
UK
2008
86 Minutes
Riz Ahmed Daniel Mays Jason Flemyng Nitin Ganatra Jay Simpson Dannielle Brent Francesca Annis Kate Groombridge Jason Maza Jordan Long Rory Jennings
drug dealer drug addict brother man friend emotional engaging gripping intense suspenseful tense thrilling uneasy unrestrained london drug addiction drug trade drugs family relationships
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK
1948
112 Minutes
Ray Milland Ann Todd Geraldine Fitzgerald Moira Lister Raymond Lovell Roderick Lovell Muriel Aked Finlay Currie Ivor Barnard Hugh Griffith Gus Le Fuevre
widow young woman passenger lodger con artist old friend dark intricate ship london family home apartment schemes blackmail investigation murder love triangle crime fall transformation
Olivia Harwood, missionary's widow, meets charming Mark Bellis, artist and rogue, on the ship taking them both back to 1890s London. When Olivia opens a lodging house Mark becomes her ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
101 Minutes
Maika Monroe Keir Gilchrist Daniel Zovatto Jake Weary Olivia Luccardi Lili Sepe Ruby Harris Bailey Spry Debbie Williams
teenager boyfriend friend stranger assassin parent dark creepy frightening park car abandoned house swimming pool bedroom bathroom teen romance curse survival assassination friendship
A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK|Australia
2017
113 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Amanda Seyfried Philip Ettinger Cedric Kyles Michael Gaston Victoria Hill Van Hansis Satchel Eden Bell
reverend pregnant woman husband wife suicidal person activist bleak dark uneasy emotional gritty unrestrained small town house garage church tragic death suicide church corruption
A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2015
94 Minutes
Itay Tiran Tomasz Schuchardt Andrzej Grabowski Adam Woronowicz Wlodzimierz Press Tomasz Zi?tek Katarzyna Gniewkowska Agnieszka Zulewska Cezary Kosinski Maja Barelkowska Maria Debska
man wife demon priest family member friend creepy dark intense house barn wedding bedroom temple poland secrets marriage demonic possession danger determination
A man (Andrzej Grabowski) tries to save his daughter's (Agnieszka Zulewska) wedding party when her new husband (Itay Tiran) becomes possessed by a restless spirit.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Australia|China
2015
108 Minutes
Jason Bateman Rebecca Hall Joel Edgerton Allison Tolman Busy Philipps Beau Knapp Wendell Pierce David Denman Katie Aselton
husband wife old friend co-worker family member friend brooding intense dark house office backyard store party bedroom obsession the past danger trust secrets
A married couple, Simon and Robyn, run into Gordo, an old acquaintance. Things take a turn when Gordo begins to drop in unannounced at their house and inundates them with mysterious gifts.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Hong Kong
2006
152 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Matt Damon Jack Nicholson Mark Wahlberg Martin Sheen Ray Winstone Vera Farmiga Alec Baldwin James Badge Dale David O'Hara Mark Rolston
mobster criminal cop informant girlfriend wife dark intense gritty tense suspenseful frightening boston police station bar vehicle city apartment secret hideout crime mafia
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
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
1989
98 Minutes
Denzel Washington Robert Townsend James Fox Mimi Rogers M. Emmet Walsh Sheryl Lee Ralph Art Evans Esther Rolle Norman Beaton Alex Colon Baldwin Howe
police chief small-time crook drug dealer governor wife childhood friend suspenseful charming spirited emotional caribbean mansion beach household musical gathering island murder investigation political corruption troubled marriage race relations
When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1998
94 Minutes
Paul Newman Susan Sarandon Gene Hackman Reese Witherspoon Stockard Channing James Garner Giancarlo Esposito Liev Schreiber Margo Martindale John Spencer M. Emmet Walsh
private detective movie star friend daughter police officer chauffeur uneasy brooding cool intricate mexico los angeles california mansion malibu, calif. apartment aging friendship infidelity murder
A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK
2013
92 Minutes
Dougray Scott Kara Tointon Iddo Goldberg David Schofield Lindsay Duncan Joshua Kaynama Samuel Geker-Kawle
commuter worker passenger train passenger driver father son young woman tense thrilling uneasy london train united kingdom city train crash train travel disaster murder runaway train
A small group of everyday passengers on a speeding London commuter train battle their warped driver who has a dark plan for everyone on-board.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1999
139 Minutes
Matt Damon Gwyneth Paltrow Jude Law Cate Blanchett Philip Seymour Hoffman Jack Davenport James Rebhorn Sergio Rubini Philip Baker Hall Celia Weston Fiorello
sociopath playboy expatriates father friend detective thrilling suspenseful tense new york city italy boat hotel rome apartment deception death affair friendship obsession
In late 1950s New York, Tom Ripley, a young underachiever, is sent to Italy to retrieve Dickie Greenleaf, a rich and spoiled millionaire playboy. But when the errand fails, Ripley takes extreme measures.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2019
96 Minutes
Amy Ryan Nick Robinson Margaret Qualley Blythe Danner Brian Cox Greg Kinnear Mena Massoud Connor Jessup Vanessa Burns
boyfriend girlfriend high-school sweetheart family parent adoptive parent creepy dark eerie melodramatic uneasy tense family home school dance suburb united states forest home pregnancy supernatural
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2013
105 Minutes
Jude Law Rooney Mara Channing Tatum Catherine Zeta-Jones Vinessa Shaw Ann Dowd Mamie Gummer David Costabile Michelle Vergara Moore Vladimir Versailles Mitchell Michaliszyn
wife husband psychiatrist murder victim thrilling suspenseful apartment doctor's office new york city depression medicine murder husband/wife relationship mystery wretched excess 2010s
A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.
Crime, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Spain
2008
96 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Diane Kruger Lancelot Roch Olivier Marchal Hammou Graïa Liliane Rovère Olivier Perrier Moussa Maaskri Rémi Martin Thierry Godard Slimane Hadjar
wife husband son police officer judge counterfeiter brash suspenseful emotional france prison house courtroom suburbia family wrongful conviction desperation jailbreak husband/wife relationship murder case
With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.