20 movies like The Manhattan Project, ordered by similarity : Mean Dreams(2016), Lapse of Memory(1991), Seduced(2016), Bound(1996), Carol(2015), Super 8(2011), Fair Game(2010), The Boy She Met Online(2010), Galveston(2018), Morgan(2016), Get Out(2017), Someone to Watch Over Me(1987) ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1986
117 Minutes
John Lithgow Christopher Collet Cynthia Nixon Jill Eikenberry John Mahoney Sully Boyar Richard Council Robert Schenkkan Paul Austin Adrian Sparks Curt Dempster
teen boy girlfriend scientist single mother government official thrilling brash emotional laboratory government building new york city whistleblowing nuclear weapons testing nuclear safety journalism corruption vigilantism underdog growing up escape
A high school prodigy builds an atomic bomb with stolen plutonium to win the 45th National Science Fair and expose a nuclear weapons lab posing as nuclear medicine in Ithaca NY.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2016
105 Minutes
Josh Wiggins Sophie Nélisse Bill Paxton Colm Feore Vickie Papavs Joe Cobden Ryan Blakely George Buza
boy teenager girl corrupt cop abusive father love interest romantic interest thrilling engaging tense suspenseful united states money escape on the run romance love young love desperation adventure
Follows Casey and Jonas, two teenagers desperate to escape their broken and abusive homes and examines the desperation of life on the run and the beauty of first love.
Mystery & Thriller
France|Canada
1991
85 Minutes
teenager father mother mob boss girlfriend psychiatrist intricate suspenseful thrilling emotional canada family home new york city assumed identity witness protection amnesia family dark secrets journalism escape
After a terrible accident, a psychiatrist has to help Bruce to regain his memory. In flashbacks, we learn that his family had to flee from New York City, after his father uncovered a large ... See full summary »
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.
Gay & Lesbian, Mystery & Thriller
1996
108 Minutes
Jennifer Tilly Gina Gershon Joe Pantoliano Barry Kivel Christopher Meloni John P. Ryan Peter Spellos Richard C. Sarafian Mary Mara
lesbian gangster boyfriend girlfriend neighbor ex-convict sultry tense gory thrilling apartment elevator bedroom robbery mob violence scams love triangle affair new life escape
A mobster's (Joe Pantoliano) disgruntled girlfriend (Jennifer Tilly) steals $2 million from him with the help of her lesbian lover (Gina Gershon).
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
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, Drama
USA|United Arab Emirates
2010
107 Minutes
Naomi Watts Sean Penn Sam Shepard Ty Burrell David Andrews Brooke Smith Noah Emmerich Bruce McGill Michael Kelly Liraz Charchi Khaled Nabawy
cia agent wife husband writer diplomat government official thrilling tense suspenseful washington, d.c. new york city government offices city home secret identity journalism corruption leaked information chase betrayal
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2010
95 Minutes
Alexandra Paul Tracy Spiridakos Jon Cor Thea Gill Eddie G. Tim Finnigan Cinthia Burke Corry Burke Victor Cornfoot Annick Sheedy McLellan
teenager young girl college student single mother stalker thrilling suspenseful emotional intense disturbing computer world room united states internet dating first love lie danger obsession social media love
A teenage girl falls madly in love with someone claiming to be a college student, whom she meets on a social networking website, and keeps her internet romance a secret from her mother.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2018
91 Minutes
Ben Foster Elle Fanning Lili Reinhart María Valverde Beau Bridges Adepero Oduye Robert Aramayo Jamel Chambers
mob enforcer mob boss hit man assassin captive runner brash brooding brutal emotional dark raw galveston, texas house car hotel pool beach on the run mob
After escaping a set up, a dying hitman returns to his hometown of Galveston where he plans his revenge.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2016
88 Minutes
Kate Mara Anya Taylor-Joy Toby Jones Rose Leslie Boyd Holbrook Michelle Yeoh Jennifer Jason Leigh Paul Giamatti Michael Yare Chris Sullivan Vinette Robinson
synthetic human troubleshooter staff member handler scientist child brooding emotional intense thrilling frightening brutal laboratory office park cell yard classroom science escape
A corporate risk-management consultant must decide whether or not to terminate an artificially created humanoid being.
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
1987
105 Minutes
Tom Berenger Mimi Rogers Lorraine Bracco Jerry Orbach John Rubinstein Andreas Katsulas James E. Moriarty Mark Moses
police detective socialite wife friend boyfriend murderer thrilling tense party new york city apartment love triangle murder witness protection hostage situation divorce class distinctions rescue temptation love
A married New York detective (Tom Berenger) works nights guarding a socialite murder witness (Mimi Rogers).
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Horror
India
2019
91 Minutes
Sabumon Abdusamad Chemban Vinod Jose Antony Varghese
butcher buffalo father bride police officer gripping intense thrilling village india animal slaughter escape love triangle capture adventure forbidden love love pursuit 21st century
A portrait of a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causes a frenzy of ecstatic violence.
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, Drama, Action
USA
1983
113 Minutes
Matthew Broderick Dabney Coleman Ally Sheedy John Wood Barry Corbin Juanin Clay Kent Williams Dennis Lipscomb Joe Dorsey Irving Metzman
hacker girlfriend friend doctor programmer military officer tense thrilling seattle household cheyenne mountain facility oregon island supercomputer world war iii video games nuclear attack high school responsibility
A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Brazil
2012
131 Minutes
Irandhir Santos Irma Brown Sebastião Formiga Gustavo Jahn Maeve Jinkings W.J. Solha Lula Terra Ana Rita Gurgel
young man young woman grandfather mother housewife intense emotional disturbing brazil desperation loneliness drugs sexual frustration threats love underdog forbidden love discovery fall rivalry
The lives of the residents of a Brazilian apartment building and the security guards who get the job guarding the surrounding streets.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Norway|France|Denmark|Sweden
2017
116 Minutes
Eili Harboe Kaya Wilkins Henrik Rafaelsen Ellen Dorrit Petersen Grethe Eltervåg Ingrid Giæver Oskar Pask Anders Mossling Steinar Klouman Hallert
student young woman supernatural being friend victim love interest chilling dense fascinating gripping intense uneasy oslo college library home outdoors forest supernatural unexplained phenomenon
A confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1986
113 Minutes
Jeff Daniels Melanie Griffith Ray Liotta Margaret Colin Tracey Walter Dana Preu Jack Gilpin Kristin Olsen John Sayles John Waters Charles Napier
free spirit broker ex-convict mother amusing suspenseful charming madcap new york city pennsylvania car high school road trip reunion chase opposites attract abduction temptation pursuit love
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-convict husband shows up.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1988
87 Minutes
Anthony Edwards Mare Winningham John Agar Lou Hancock Mykelti Williamson Kelly Jo Minter Kurt Fuller Denise Crosby Robert DoQui
musician waitress homeless person stockbroker restaurant owner transvestite tense thrilling frenetic los angeles skyscraper helicopter la brea tar pits diner chance meeting new love nuclear attack impending doom panic race against time
A young man hears a chance phone call telling him that a nuclear war has started and missiles will hit his city in 70 minutes.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2013
102 Minutes
Quim Gutiérrez David Pastor José Coronado Marta Etura Leticia Dolera Ivan Massagué Pere Ventura Mikel Iglesias Momo Ballesteros Pere Brasó
everyman man woman girlfriend dying person engaging suspenseful thrilling emotional bleak earth underground epidemic death danger search fight to the death adventure discovery pursuit
In ice hockey, no one is tougher than the "goon". Those players have one mission: to protect the star players at any price.