20 movies like The Boy Who Cried Bitch, ordered by similarity : Custody(2017), Psycho(1998), The Dark Red(2018), The Unsaid(2001), Goodnight Mommy(2014), Spider(2002), Estranged(2015), Shotgun Stories(2007), You Were Never Really Here(2017), No Way to Treat a Lady(1968), Parents(1989), Cold Heart(2001) ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1991
101 Minutes
Harley Cross Karen Young Jesse Bradford J.D. Daniels Gene Canfield Moira Kelly Adrien Brody Dennis Boutsikaris Reathel Bean John Rothman Samuel Wright
mother brother abused boy psychiatrist psychopath patient dark creepy frightening shocking psychiatrist's office mental institution house abuse mental illness violence mother/son relationship family wretched excess growing up
A psychotic 12 year old makes life hell for his emotionally frail mother.
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
USA
1998
109 Minutes
Vince Vaughn Anne Heche Julianne Moore Viggo Mortensen William H. Macy Robert Forster Philip Baker Hall Anne Haney Chad Everett Rance Howard Rita Wilson
norman bates detective mother young woman boyfriend sister shocking brutal frightening creepy bates motel road car dealership office family home arizona serial murders unlikely criminal multiple personalities murder investigation
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
2018
101 Minutes
April Billingsley Kelsey Scott Conal Byrne Rhoda Griffis John Curran Jill Jane Clements
mother mentally ill person psychiatrist patient baby chilling disturbing frightening intense shocking united states psychiatric ward psychiatrist's office hospital family home cult kidnapping supernatural telepathy madness
After claiming that her newborn was stolen by a cult, a young woman is committed to a psychiatric hospital.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2001
109 Minutes
Andy Garcia Vincent Kartheiser Linda Cardellini Trevor Blumas Teri Polo Sam Bottoms Dena Lang Brendan Fletcher
psychiatrist son teen boy social worker student father disturbing gripping uneasy emotional midwest household psychiatrist's office school family dysfunction family secrets suicide abuse psychiatry grief
A seemingly-untroubled adolescent carries disturbing secrets that compel a psychiatrist to unearth the patient's gruesome past.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Austria
2014
100 Minutes
Severin Fiala Susanne Wuest Elias Schwarz Lukas Schwarz Hans Escher Elfriede Schatz Karl Purker Georg Deliovsky Christian Steindl Christian Schatz Erwin Schmalzbauer
young boy brother twin mother sibling psychopath bleak thrilling suspenseful shocking engaging frightening house countryside horror change plastic surgery mother/child relationship trust discovery
Twin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2002
98 Minutes
Ralph Fiennes Miranda Richardson Gabriel Byrne Bradley Hall Lynn Redgrave John Neville Gary Reineke Philip Craig
mental patient schizophrenic father mother mistress friend disturbing intense dark mental institution halfway house london canal pub kitchen memory mental illness childhood trauma family dysfunction secret
Haunted by his childhood, a psychotic loner (Ralph Fiennes) has difficulty after his release from a mental institution.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
UK
2015
101 Minutes
James Cosmo Craig Conway Bob Duff James Lance Amy Manson Eileen Nicholas Faye McLoughlin Nora-Jane Noone Simon Quarterman Joy Sanders
disabled girl boyfriend mother estranged father estranged brother sister chilling dark disturbing tense suspenseful creepy family home england family secrets horror memory loss childhood terror uncertainty
A woman returns home to her estranged family after a near-fatal accident, but begins to suspect something is not right.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2007
92 Minutes
Michael Shannon Douglas Ligon Barlow Jacobs Natalie Canerday Glenda Pannell
son brother half brother girlfriend wife older brother brooding brutal arkansas cemetery family home farm family dysfunction feud family death violence crime rivalry revenge
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA|France
2017
90 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Ekaterina Samsonov Alessandro Nivola Alex Manette John Doman Judith Roberts Dante Pereira-Olson Leigh Dunham Jason Babinsky
kidnapped child kidnapper mother hired hand young girl police officer bleak dark disturbing frightful gripping intense united states new york brothel country house house trauma abuse kidnapping
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1968
108 Minutes
Rod Steiger George Segal Lee Remick Eileen Heckart Murray Hamilton Michael Dunn Barbara Baxley Ruth White Doris Roberts David Doyle
serial killer psychopath overbearing parent police detective mother victim suspenseful amusing dark new york city apartment household bedroom serial murders mother/son relationship mental illness investigation mind games police work pursuit
A crafty serial killer plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a harried police detective trying to track him down.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Canada|USA
1989
82 Minutes
Randy Quaid Mary Beth Hurt Sandy Dennis Bryan Madorsky Juno Mills Cockell Kathryn Grody Deborah Rush Graham Jarvis
mother father counselor son housewife mortician hilarious offbeat dark gory suburb family home massachusetts kitchen school cannibalism parent/child relationship family dysfunction coming of age family secrets
A young boy living in 1950s suburbia suspects his parents are cannibalistic murderers.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2001
95 Minutes
Nastassja Kinski Jeff Fahey Josh Holloway Hudson Leick Lincoln Myerson Bob Sattler Janne Campbell
woman husband assistant psychiatrist patient lover tense dark engaging house psychiatrist's office family home car movie theater affair obsession survival mental illness marriage relationships
A dangerous psychopath seduces his psychiatrist's unhappy wife.
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
Czechoslovakia
1990
96 Minutes
mother fiancé impostor police officer chilling dark shocking lake hospital minnesota small town reunion manipulation dark secrets mother/son relationship kidnapping murder mystery rivalry 1990s
This movie tells a story of the dark side of communism, corruption in everyday life through the eyes of an ordinary man working as a new engineer in a factory.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
105 Minutes
Karen Gillan Brenton Thwaites Katee Sackhoff Rory Cochrane Annalise Basso Garrett Ryan James Lafferty Miguel Sandoval Kate Siegel Scott P. Graham
brother evil spirit mother father sister doctor chilling creepy dark house clinic bedroom kitchen yard living room evil spirits haunted houses murder supernatural fear
A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
2016
100 Minutes
Anne Reid Sinead Matthews Deborah Findlay Karl Johnson Toby Jones Cecilia Noble Frederick Schmidt Manjinder Virk
ex-convict son mother love interest police officer husband bleak brooding chilling dark disturbing frightening council estate city apartment abusive relationship mother/son relationship traumatic past unintended consequences illusions
A psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
2016
97 Minutes
Kate Bosworth Thomas Jane Annabeth Gish Dash Mihok Jacob Tremblay Jay Karnes Lance E. Nichols Kyla Deaver Hunter Wenzel
foster child mother father dead person creature family member dark creepy intense thrilling frightening house store bedroom living room car office loss adoption dreams
A man (Thomas Jane) and his wife (Kate Bosworth) experience the wondrous dreams and terrifying nightmares of their 8-year-old foster son (Jacob Tremblay).
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
South Korea
2009
128 Minutes
Kim Hye-ja Won Bin Ku Jin Je-mun Yun Mi-Seon Jeon Byoung-Soon Kim
mother widow son suspect police detective defense attorney dark emotional gripping small town south korea shop family home mother/son relationship murder investigation incarceration framed vigilantism love
A mother desperately searches for the killer who framed her son for a girl's horrific murder.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
90 Minutes
Jill Larson Anne Ramsay Michelle Ang Ryan Cutrona Anne Bedian Brett Gentile Jeremy DeCarlos Tonya Bludsworth Julianne Taylor
alzheimer's patient old woman film producer mother daughter student eerie disturbing creepy dark offbeat frightening family home horror mystery found footage alzheimer's disease possession demons metamorphosis
An elderly woman battling Alzheimer's disease agrees to let a film crew document her condition, but what they discover is something far more sinister going on.
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.