20 movies like Jacob's Ladder, ordered by similarity : 13B(2009), Shepherds and Butchers(2016), Papillon(2017), Gone Baby Gone(2007), The Departed(2006), The Deer Hunter(1978), The Last Full Measure(2020), Diabolique(1955), The Salesman(2016), First Reformed(2017), Neither Heaven Nor Earth(2015), Maze(2017) ...
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1990
113 Minutes
Tim Robbins Elizabeth Peña Danny Aiello Matt Craven Pruitt Taylor Vince Jason Alexander Patricia Kalember Eriq La Salle Ving Rhames Brian Tarantina Anthony Alessandro
veteran ex-wife girlfriend chiropractor soldier son thrilling frightful dark brooklyn, n.y. apartment subway funeral vietnam lsd death vietnam war hallucinations insanity scientific experiments
Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
India
2009
146 Minutes
Madhavan Neetu Chandra Poonam Dhillon Sachin Khedekar Dhritiman Chatterjee Deepak Dobriyal
tenant wife police officer friend tv personality mother tense chilling thrilling apartment police station india mysterious past mind games family danger television show violence discovery mystery
A man experiences a supernatural occurrence at his newly purchased apartment; a soap opera being telecast exclusively on his TV, which shows the future of his family.
Drama
South Africa|USA|Germany
2016
106 Minutes
Andrea Riseborough Steve Coogan Deon Lotz Robert Hobbs Garion Dowds Marcel van Heerden Nicola Hanekom Eduan van Jaarsveldt Carel Nel
lawyer prison guard judge wife murderer prisoner prisoners death row inmate brutal chilling emotional gripping intense moving powerful raw sad shocking south africa cape town
A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2007
115 Minutes
Casey Affleck Michelle Monaghan Morgan Freeman Ed Harris John Ashton Amy Ryan Amy Madigan Titus Welliver Michael Kenneth Williams Edi Gathegi
private investigator girlfriend aunt cop drug dealer mother dark gripping suspenseful boston household hospital funeral kidnapping investigation death deception missing persons quest mystery
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.
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.
War, Drama
USA
1978
183 Minutes
Robert De Niro Christopher Walken John Savage John Cazale Meryl Streep George Dzundza Chuck Aspegren Shirley Stoler
soldier friend girlfriend wife enemy blue-collar worker bleak disturbing powerful intense emotional brutal clairton, pa. battlefield vietnam pow camp wedding town horrors of war vietnam war
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.
War, Drama
USA
2020
110 Minutes
Sebastian Stan Christopher Plummer William Hurt Ed Harris Samuel L. Jackson Bradley Whitford Jeremy Irvine Alison Sudol Michael Imperioli Linus Roache Peter Fonda
soldier son government official friend mother father wild disturbing emotional gripping intense incredible vietnam war zone pentagon america city war military vietnam war
Thirty-four years after his death, Airman William H. Pitsenbarger, Jr. ("Pits") is awarded the nation's highest military honor, for his actions on the battlefield.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Iran|France
2016
125 Minutes
Shahab Hosseini Taraneh Alidoosti Babak Karimi Farid Sajjadi Hosseini Mina Sadati Maral Bani Adam Mehdi Kooshki Emad Emami Shirin Aghakashi Mojtaba Pirzadeh Sahra Asadollahe
husband wife tenant actor intruder bleak brooding emotional gripping touching intense tehran, iran apartment building apartment stage theater school violence domestic life mysterious strangers
While both participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," a teacher's wife is assaulted in her new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Drama, War
France|Belgium
2015
100 Minutes
Jérémie Renier Swann Arlaud Marc Robert Kévin Azaïs Finnegan Oldfield Christophe Tek Clément Bresson Sâm Mirhosseini Edouard Court Steve Tientcheu
soldier insurgent gripping frightening thrilling creepy eerie brooding gritty afghanistan war military life missing persons mission escape mystery fall 2010s
While on a mission in Afghanistan, French captain Antarès Bonassieu's men start vanishing one by one without explanation.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2017
92 Minutes
Martin McCann Niamh McGrady Tom Vaughan-Lawlor Barry Ward Eileen Walsh Andy Kellegher David Coakley Seán T. Ó Meallaigh Aaron Monaghan James Browne Ross McKinney
prisoner freedom fighter terrorist ira agent fascinating gripping tense thrilling prison europe ireland northern ireland prison break prison escape adventure quest escape 1980s
Inspired by the true events of the 1983 breakout of 38 Irish Republican prisoners from the Maze prison in Northern Ireland.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1940
71 Minutes
mad scientist doctor prisoner daughter police captain fiancé creepy dark eerie suspenseful prison laboratory house death row aging scientific experiments murder prison life euthanasia father/daughter relationship
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2011
90 Minutes
Bill Pullman Marcia Gay Harden Alfred Molina Richard Schiff Callard Harris Mariana Klaveno Tahmoh Penikett
judge son wife tense disturbing dark bleak courtroom house town illinois trial murder affair father/son relationship fall mystery 2010s
After a judge (Bill Pullman) is accused of murdering his wife, an affair from his past threatens to destroy his defense.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2014
98 Minutes
Kevin Durand Lukas Haas Bianca Kajlich Nick Damici Sabina Gadecki Steve Agee Heath Freeman Billy Paterson
logger sheriff deputy townsperson monster father brutal dark disturbing frightening gripping uneasy woods united states small town church forest unexplained phenomenon curse missing persons
An evil is unleashed in a small town when a logging company sets up shop in the neighboring woods.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
127 Minutes
Toni Collette Gabriel Byrne Alex Wolff Ann Dowd Milly Shapiro Mallory Bechtel Brock McKinney Christy Summerhays
art gallerist mother daughter son husband thrilling suspenseful gory frightening profound fascinating art gallery haunted house woods mysterious past legacy horror mysterious deaths family secrets darkness
A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.
Horror, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Lee Pace Carrie Coon Anna Diop Ray Baker Jane Daly Cliff Chamberlain Julian LaTourelle Ruby Moncrieff-Karten Lylah Raye Acosta
lawyer father estranged wife son ghost tense somber sad frightening engaging dark chilling family home death horror reunion forgiveness supernatural grief mystery
10 years after the death of their son, a divorced couple are suddenly reunited by supernatural events that offer them a chance at forgiveness.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Ireland|UK
2011
90 Minutes
Eva Birthistle Aidan Gillen Dan Gordon Ruth McCabe Timothy Spall Ella Connolly Amelia Crowley Brian Gleeson
mother father daughter dog village elder dark eerie emotional shocking thrilling rural community car house woods yard northern ireland death of a child paganism ritual grief
The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2016
86 Minutes
Emile Hirsch Brian Cox Ophelia Lovibond Michael McElhatton Olwen Catherine Kelly Jane Perry Parker Sawyers Mary Duddy
dead person police lieutenant detective doctor morgue employee coroner corpse witch dark creepy engaging disturbing frightening thrilling morgue crime scene supernatural phenomenon parent/child relationship witchcraft dark secrets
A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the body of a young woman, who was apparently harboring dark secrets.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
Italy
2014
85 Minutes
Gabriella Wright Bret Roberts Carl Wharton Tania Bambaci Daniel Vivian Philippe Reinhardt
wife husband incredible suspenseful disturbing thrilling raw somber cabin hospital woods miscarriage marriage dark secrets fear danger murder rise fall pursuit
A married couple decide to spend a weekend in a remote cabin, but the romantic journey takes a turn for the worst, when a sneaking suspicion becomes pure madness.