20 movies like House of Games, ordered by similarity : Careful What You Wish For(2015), Witness for the Prosecution(1957), The Big Sleep(1946), Mean Dreams(2016), Double Lover(2017), Sanitarium(2013), Seduced(2016), Blade Runner 2049(2017), Knife + Heart(2018), The Illusionist(2006), The Moon-Spinners(1964), The Sweetheart(2018) ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1987
101 Minutes
Lindsay Crouse Joe Mantegna Mike Nussbaum Lilia Skala J.T. Walsh Willo Hausman Ricky Jay Meshach Taylor
psychiatrist con artist suspenseful crafty thrilling gripping united states fortune addiction psychology gambling temptation mystery love 1980s
A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
91 Minutes
Nick Jonas Isabel Lucas Paul Sorvino Kandyse McClure Graham Rogers Dermot Mulroney Kiki Harris Marc Macaulay Alex ter Avest
young man banker wife sheriff insurance investigator disturbing gripping suspenseful thrilling uneasy small town boat lake house hotel united kingdom first love love triangle murder growing up betrayal
A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
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, Crime, Drama
USA
1946
114 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall Martha Vickers John Ridgely Louis Jean Heydt Elisha Cook Jr. Regis Toomey Sonia Darrin Bob Steele Tommy Rafferty Dorothy Malone
philip marlowe father daughter bookseller casino owner dense thrilling intricate gripping los angeles mansion casino bookstore murder mystery love blackmail vice mystery love
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.
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.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
France|Belgium
2017
108 Minutes
Marine Vacth Jérémie Renier Jacqueline Bisset Dominique Reymond Myriam Boyer Jean-Edouard Bodziak Jean-Paul Muel Pascal Aubert
young woman psychologist twin lover patient partner bleak disturbing engaging gripping intense suspenseful paris therapist's office home city love psychiatry paranoia hallucinations
Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
108 Minutes
Lou Diamond Phillips Kerry Valderrama Robert Englund David Mazouz John Glover Chris Mulkey Mayra Leal Walter Perez Nova Aragon
artist professor young boy psychiatrist teacher puppet eerie suspenseful thrilling brooding profound quirky psychiatric ward garden psychiatrist's office psychoanalysis rape apocalypse psychology imagination
"Sanitarium" is an original series that consists of segments based on particular patients of a mental institution and what drove them to madness.
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.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK|Canada|Hungary|Spain|Mexico
2017
164 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Harrison Ford Ana de Armas Sylvia Hoeks Robin Wright Jared Leto Mackenzie Davis Carla Juri Lennie James Dave Bautista Hiam Abbass
young man investigator police detective android old man brooding gripping profound somber thrilling suspenseful los angeles office apartment abandoned building desert secrets societal decay past crimes discovery
Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
Gay & Lesbian, Mystery & Thriller
France|Mexico|Switzerland
2018
102 Minutes
Vanessa Paradis Kate Moran Nicolas Maury Jonathan Genet Khaled Alouach Félix Maritaud Bertrand Mandico Bastien Waultier Thibault Servière Pierre Emö
filmmaker producer victim murderer porn star lover dark sultry gripping thrilling passionate unrestrained club film set crime scene police station cemetery filmmaking pornography murder
Paris, summer 1979. Anne is a producer of cheap gay porn. When Lois, her editor and companion, leaves her, she attempts to get her back by making a more ambitious film with the flamboyant Archibald.
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
118 Minutes
Hayley Mills Eli Wallach Peter McEnery Pola Negri Joan Greenwood Irene Papas Sheila Hancock Michael Davis Paul Stassino John Le Mesurier Andre Morell
young woman aunt criminal hotel owner love interest wealthy woman engaging gripping moving suspenseful thrilling crete island crime scene yacht church hotel cover-up jewel smuggling romance
A teenager encounters romance, intrigue and a search for stolen jewels during her visit to the island of Crete.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1982
91 Minutes
Roy Scheider Meryl Streep Jessica Tandy Joe Grifasi Sara Botsford Josef Sommer Rikke Borge Irving Metzman Larry Joshua Tom Norton Raymond Hoxie
psychiatrist curator mistress ex-girlfriend police detective mother chilling suspenseful psychiatrist's office new york city long island, n.y. estate auction house paranoia psychiatry dreams murder case art world forbidden love mystery
A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress.
Drama
USA
1985
105 Minutes
Sam Shepard Kim Basinger Harry Dean Stanton Randy Quaid Martha Crawford Louise Egolf Sura Cox Jonathan Skinner April Russell Deborah McNaughton Lon Hill
woman man half brother lover ex-boyfriend adult brash dark intense emotional melodramatic gripping united states motel las vegas love relationships incest fighting past loves
May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1985
112 Minutes
Michael Caine Anthony Andrews Victoria Tennant Lilli Palmer Mario Adorf Michael Lonsdale Bernard Hepton Richard Münch Carl Rigg André Penvern Andy Bradford
nazi nazi collaborator adolf hitler architect father son bleak thrilling suspenseful intense tense emotional new york city germany united states geneva nazi collaboration nazis money war crimes
The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Czech Republic|UK
2001
121 Minutes
Johnny Depp Allen Hughes Heather Graham Ian Holm Robbie Coltrane Ian Richardson Jason Flemyng Katrin Cartlidge Terence Harvey Susan Lynch Lesley Sharp
jack the ripper private investigator prostitute artist detective chief inspector religious fanatic creepy gory frightening chilling thrilling suspenseful london street police station hospital big city brothel serial murders tabloid journalism
In Victorian-era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders of Jack the Ripper.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
103 Minutes
Cary Grant Ingrid Bergman Claude Rains Louis Calhern Leopoldine Konstantin Reinhold Schünzel Moroni Olsen
secret agent spy nazi mother engaging tense suspenseful united states brazil mansion espionage deception nazism dangerous assignment love mystery discovery love rescue 1940s
A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them?
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
India
2013
124 Minutes
photographer girlfriend missing girl investigator suspect bleak creepy emotional engaging gripping shocking india secret room home apartment missing persons investigation jealousy relationships love
A hot-shot fashion and wildlife photographer Vikram gets into a relationship with Nisha. She moves in with him in his palatial house outside of the city. The old world house, made decades ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
119 Minutes
Joel McCrea Laraine Day Herbert Marshall George Sanders Albert Basserman Robert Benchley Edmund Gwenn Edward Ciannelli Harry Davenport Martin Kosleck
reporter editor spy diplomat love interest politician suspenseful gripping thrilling london europe new york city amsterdam espionage conspiracy romance world war ii adventure love pursuit
On the eve of World War II, a young American reporter tries to expose enemy agents in London.