20 movies like In a Glass Cage, ordered by similarity : The Holcroft Covenant(1985), The Babysitter's Seduction(1996), Marathon Man(1976), Angel Heart(1987), The Clovehitch Killer(2018), Awaiting(2015), Diabolique(1955), Ghosts of War(2020), Funeral in Berlin(1967), Manhunter(1986), Brimstone and Treacle(1982), The Odessa File(1974) ...
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
1987
112 Minutes
Günter Meisner David Sust Marisa Paredes Gisela Echevarria Imma Colomer David Cuspinera
nazi young boy wife daughter nurse pedophile bleak suspenseful chilling disturbing germany family home roof bedroom hospital nazism dark secrets medical experiments pedophilia suicide attempt
A former nazi child-killer is confined in an iron lung inside an old mansion after a suicide attempt. His wife hires him a full-time carer, a mysterious young man who is driven slowly mad by the old man's disturbing past.
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.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1996
97 Minutes
Stephen Collins Keri Russell Phylicia Rashad Tobin Bell John D'Aquino Linda Kelsey Dawn Lambing Roger Floyd Adam Crosby Kristie Horton Travis Robertson
detective wife husband babysitter child family creepy dark frightening gripping suspenseful chilling home house police station swimming pool school mysterious deaths conspiracy adultery
In the early 14th century, Scottish warrior and Earl Robert the Bruce is crowned King of Scots, leading Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1976
125 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Laurence Olivier Roy Scheider William Devane Marthe Keller Fritz Weaver Richard Bright Marc Lawrence Allen Joseph Tito Goya Ben Dova
college student secret agent nazi girlfriend disturbing thrilling intense new york city central park columbia university espionage family murder third reich crime nazism discovery escape mystery 1970s
A history student becomes caught in the middle of a dangerous international plot involving Nazis, stolen jewels, and government agents.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada|USA
1987
113 Minutes
Mickey Rourke Robert De Niro Lisa Bonet Charlotte Rampling Stocker Fontelieu Brownie McGhee Michael Higgins Charles Gordone Kathleen Wilhoite
private investigator singer daughter satan magician dark gripping suspenseful new york city new orleans hotel racetrack mystery murder secret detective voodoo investigation mystery pursuit
A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Dylan McDermott Charlie Plummer Samantha Mathis Madisen Beaty Brenna Sherman Lance Chantiles-Wertz Kat Pérez Jonathan Riggs
family father son murder suspect killer chilling creepy dark disturbing eerie engaging frightful gripping intense shocking suspenseful thrilling tense uneasy america
A picture-perfect family is shattered when the work of a serial killer hits too close to home.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
UK
2015
95 Minutes
Diana Vickers Tony Curran Rupert Hill Peter Woodward Adrian Bouchet Sophie Lovell Anderson
lawyer father daughter fiancée accident victim man bleak brutal intense suspenseful creepy dark house woods hideout horror accident father/daughter relationship murder tradition
Deep in the English moors, a sociopath preys on innocent people, until one day his secrets are finally revealed and an inevitable confrontation is at hand.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
1955
116 Minutes
Simone Signoret Vera Clouzot Paul Meurisse Charles Vanel Jean Brochard Noel Roquebert Thérèse Dorny Pierre Larquey Michel Serrault Yves Marie Maurin Georges Poujouly
teacher headmaster detective wife mistress suspenseful tense dark frightening france boarding school apartment murder adultery revenge deception revenge mystery 1950s
The wife and mistress of a loathed school principal plan to murder him with what they believe is the perfect alibi.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2020
95 Minutes
Brenton Thwaites Theo Rossi Kyle Gallner Skylar Astin Alan Ritchson Matthew Reese Billy Zane Shaun Toub Shannon McKain
soldier ghost american nazi bleak brutal chilling dark disturbing frightening france countryside abandoned house supernatural mission unexplained phenomenon survival nazis torture escape
Five American soldiers assigned to hold a French Chateau near the end of World War II. This unexpected respite quickly descends into madness when they encounter a supernatural enemy more terrifying than anything seen on the battlefield.
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, Crime, Drama
USA
1986
119 Minutes
William Petersen Kim Greist Dennis Farina Joan Allen Brian Cox Stephen Lang Tom Noonan
serial killer cannibal fbi agent coworker journalist dark suspenseful chilling atlanta house prison quantico murder manhunt secret plans collaboration revenge mutilation discovery pursuit
Former F.B.I. profiler Will Graham (William Petersen) returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer named "the Tooth Fairy" (Tom Noonan) by the media.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1982
87 Minutes
Sting Denholm Elliott Joan Plowright Suzanna Hamilton Benjamin Whitrow Dudley Sutton Mary MacLeod Tim Preece
writer wife disabled person con artist daughter chilling dark suspenseful england house strangers supernatural rape husband/wife relationship infidelity deception discovery transformation mystery 1980s
A strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|West Germany
1974
128 Minutes
Jon Voight Maximilian Schell Maria Schell Mary Tamm Derek Jacobi Peter Jeffrey Klaus Löwitsch Kurt Meisel Hannes Messemer Garfield Morgan Shmuel Rodensky
journalist nazi ss officer vigilante bleak chilling dark gripping thrilling uneasy west germany secret society fugitives nazi hunting quest pursuit mystery underdog 20th century
Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, a journalist in possession of the man's diary investigates the alleged sighting of a former S.S. Captain, who commanded a concentration camp during World War II.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Russia
2018
102 Minutes
John Cho Debra Messing Joseph Lee Michelle La Sara Sohn Alex Jayne Go Thomas Barbusca Gage Biltoft
daughter father police officer friend missing girl disturbing shocking intricate uneasy tense house room school party missing persons mystery father/daughter relationship investigation internet secrets
After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2019
169 Minutes
Jessica Chastain James McAvoy Bill Hader Isaiah Mustafa Jay Ryan James Ransone Andy Bean Bill Skarsgård Jaeden Martell Wyatt Oleff Jack Dylan Grazer
clown alien young boy teen girl writer zombie chilling creepy campy disturbing somber spirited derry, maine chinese restaurant sewer family home carnival canal evil spirits friendship
Defeated by members of the Losers' Club, the evil clown Pennywise returns 27 years later to terrorize the town of Derry, Maine. Now adults, the united Losers must conquer their deepest fears to destroy the shape-shifting Pennywise once and for all.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1940
93 Minutes
Margaret Lockwood Rex Harrison Paul Henreid Basil Radford Naunton Wayne James Harcourt Felix Aylmer F. Wyndham Goldie Roland Culver Eliot Makeham Raymond Huntley
scientist daughter undercover agent czech nazi thrilling cheeky gutsy train concentration camp naval base germany prague england world war ii espionage scientific experiments nazism technology journey
After Germany invades Czechoslovakia, the German and the British intelligence services try to capture Czech scientist Dr. Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), inventor of a new type of armor-plating.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada|USA
2005
96 Minutes
Viggo Mortensen Maria Bello William Hurt Ashton Holmes Stephen McHattie Peter MacNeill Ed Harris Heidi Hayes Greg Bryk Steve Arbuckle Sumela Kay
husband wife son daughter brother mobster chilling diner indiana small town family home philadelphia murder organized crime family violence transformation revenge 2000s
A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada|Germany|France
2009
123 Minutes
Vera Farmiga Peter Sarsgaard Isabelle Fuhrman CCH Pounder Aryana Engineer Jimmy Bennett Margo Martindale Karel Roden Rosemary Dunsmore
mother father daughter son orphan nun dark suspenseful tense chilling orphanage household hospital family home loss adoption deception insanity marriage husband/wife relationship
A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.
Mystery & Thriller
2019
93 Minutes
Adriana Barraza Camila Mendes Charlie Weber Manny Perez Andrés Vélez Neil Sandilands Tyler Silva
mother daughter guest young man criminal creepy dark disturbing gripping intense guest house border united states secrets murder unexplained deaths family unlikely allies escape growing up
Two unwanted guests threaten a young woman and her overbearing mother at a small bed-and-breakfast near the U.S.-Mexico border.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
South Korea|USA
2009
133 Minutes
Song Kang-ho Kim Ok-vin Shin Ha-kyun Kim Hae-sook Dal-su Oh Mercedes Cabral
priest vampire wife childhood friend doctor suspenseful melodramatic sultry hospital south korea roof bedroom church medical experiments vampires supernatural faith friendship morality metamorphosis
Through a failed medical experiment, a priest is stricken with vampirism and is forced to abandon his ascetic ways.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1998
96 Minutes
Julia Stiles William R. Moses Patrick Muldoon Vanessa Zima Michael Parks Chelsea Field Louise Myrback Linda Hart
killer wife husband daughter nanny detective shocking suspenseful chilling melodramatic family home gated community suburbia school father/daughter relationship grief mental breakdown infidelity incest murder
14-year-old Ellie Christianson wants to make her father Ben her love partner. And when her mother Karen turns up dead, Ellie has a good opportunity.