20 movies like The Silence of the Lambs, ordered by similarity : Manhunter(1986), Wind River(2017), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Hounds of Love(2016), Gone Girl(2014), Breach(2007), Galveston(2018), Shadow of a Doubt(1943), No Country for Old Men(2007), The Informer(2019), Insomnia(2002), Dirty Harry(1971) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1991
119 Minutes
Jodie Foster Anthony Hopkins Scott Glenn Ted Levine Anthony Heald Brooke Smith Diane Baker Kasi Lemmons Charles Napier Roger Corman George Romero
psychiatrist psychopath student agent serial killer police officer dark creepy suspenseful prison cave household washington, d.c. insanity kidnapping cannibalism torture fbi escape mystery
A young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.
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, Crime, Drama
UK|Canada|USA
2017
111 Minutes
Jeremy Renner Elizabeth Olsen Gil Birmingham Jon Bernthal Julia Jones Kelsey Asbille James Jordan Martin Sensmeier Ian Bohen Matthew Del Negro Eric Lange
fbi agent police officer native american animal-control officer victim hunter gripping thrilling tense suspenseful wyoming indian reservation indian territory wilderness murder investigation wilderness homicide mystery fbi native americans
A veteran hunter helps an FBI agent investigate the murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Australia
2016
108 Minutes
Emma Booth Ashleigh Cummings Stephen Curry Susie Porter Damian de Montemas Harrison Gilbertson Fletcher Humphrys Michael Muntz
couple murderer teen girl bleak disturbing creepy intense emotional house room neighborhood yard kidnapping murder plot escape survival escape pursuit quest 1980s
Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
149 Minutes
Ben Affleck Rosamund Pike Neil Patrick Harris Tyler Perry Kim Dickens Patrick Fugit Carrie Coon David Clennon Lisa Banes Missi Pyle Emily Ratajkowski
writer wife suspect police officer journalist police detective brooding dark intense bleak thrilling disheartening carthage house street police station car office disappearance illusions
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Drama, Action, Biography, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
USA
2007
110 Minutes
Chris Cooper Ryan Phillippe Laura Linney Dennis Haysbert Gary Cole Bruce Davison Mary Jo Deschanel Clare Stone Jonathan Watton Catherine Burdon Aaron Abrams
spy fbi agent boss wife enemy suspenseful household office elevator washington, d.c. espionage computers investigation surveillance deception mystery fall 2000s
FBI upstart Eric O'Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was put on trial for selling secrets to the Soviet Union.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1943
108 Minutes
Teresa Wright Joseph Cotten Hume Cronyn Macdonald Carey Henry Travers Patricia Collinge Edna May Wonacott Wallace Ford Irving Bacon Charles Bates Clarence Muse
uncle serial killer young girl neighbor detective widow dark suspenseful household small town murder surveillance poison newspapers paranoia infatuation pursuit mystery 1940s
A young girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Mexico
2007
122 Minutes
Tommy Lee Jones Ethan Coen Javier Bardem Josh Brolin Woody Harrelson Kelly Macdonald Garret Dillahunt Tess Harper Barry Corbin Stephen Root Rodger Boyce
hunter serial killer sheriff wife veteran chilling dark creepy texas countryside motel police station gas station murder drug trafficking assassination investigation pursuit mystery 1980s
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA|Canada
2019
113 Minutes
Joel Kinnaman Rosamund Pike Clive Owen Common Ana de Armas Martin McCann Eugene Lipinski Valeria Vereau
reformed criminal soldier fbi agent mobster prisoner drug dealer brutal bleak tense thrilling gritty unrestrained prison informing prison drug trade mob pursuit escape fall
An ex-convict working undercover intentionally gets himself incarcerated again in order to infiltrate the mob at a maximum security prison.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|UK
2002
118 Minutes
Al Pacino Robin Williams Hilary Swank Maura Tierney Martin Donovan Nicky Katt Paul Dooley Jonathan Jackson Larry Holden Katharine Isabelle
detective murderer police officer psychopath dark suspenseful school alaska cabin hotel tunnel blackmail interrogation murder investigation crime mystery pursuit 2000s
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
USA
1971
103 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Harry Guardino Reni Santoni John Larch Andrew Robinson John Vernon John Mitchum Mae Mercer
police officer psychopath victim mayor clint eastwood gritty suspenseful thrilling san francisco school bus police station secret hideout crime scene kidnapping murder robbery suicide surveillance rebellion
When a madman calling himself "the Scorpio Killer" menaces the city, tough-as-nails San Francisco Police Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to track down and ferret out the crazed psychopath.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Germany
1995
105 Minutes
Stephen Baldwin Gabriel Byrne Chazz Palminteri Kevin Pollak Pete Postlethwaite Kevin Spacey Suzy Amis Giancarlo Esposito Benicio Del Toro Dan Hedaya Paul Bartel
con artist criminal fbi agent special agent survivor district attorney intricate suspenseful dark ship port los angeles new york city police station heist deception interrogation crime robbery quest
A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup.
Crime, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2007
157 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Mark Ruffalo Robert Downey Jr. Anthony Edwards Dermot Mulroney Brian Cox Elias Koteas Donal Logue John Carroll Lynch Clea DuVall Chloë Sevigny
reporter police officer detective serial killer child creepy gritty suspenseful san francisco bus california police station school obsession murder newspapers violence crime paranoia mystery
In the late 1960s/early 1970s, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.
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, Crime, Drama
India
2016
126 Minutes
Nawazuddin Siddiqui Vicky Kaushal Sobhita Dhulipala Mukesh Chhabra Anuschka Sawhney
serial killer police chief psychopath murderer murder suspect murder victim intense disheartening disturbing thrilling suspenseful mumbai, india police station obsession serial murders psychopath investigation crime revenge discovery
Ramanna, a maniac murderer, finds a soulmate in Raghavan, a policeman, who inspects his murder cases. He tries to make Raghavan realize how they both are similar.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2016
108 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Toni Collette Tracy Letts Sam Trammell Nestor Carbonell Chris Sullivan Seth Numrich Pawel Szajda Devin Druid Burn Gorman Adam Meier
fbi agent young man white supremacist terrorist analyst bleak brutal chilling dark gripping united states virginia terror racism fbi new identity fake identity underworld danger dangerous assignment
A young FBI agent, eager to prove himself in the field, goes undercover as a white supremacist.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2009
92 Minutes
Sean Patrick Flanery Joe Pantoliano Amanda Wyss Carmen Serano Luce Rains Greg Serano John Koyama David House Michelle Greathouse
police officer police detective fbi agent serial killer terrorist enemy engaging thrilling suspenseful intense gripping brutal street city terror serial murders psychopath death game fighting evil adventure
A police officer with a painful past returns home to help the FBI track down a mastermind assassin.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1995
125 Minutes
Brad Pitt Morgan Freeman Gwyneth Paltrow R. Lee Ermey Richard Roundtree John C. McGinley Julie Araskog Mark Boone Junior John Cassini Reg E. Cathey Peter Crombie
police officer detective serial killer wife police chief dark suspenseful tense disturbing shocking intricate city police station desert murder violence morality torture wretched excess mystery
A meticulous detective (Morgan Freeman) and the young officer (Brad Pitt) about to replace the veteran probe serial murders based on the seven deadly sins.
Crime, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Spain
2008
96 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Diane Kruger Lancelot Roch Olivier Marchal Hammou Graïa Liliane Rovère Olivier Perrier Moussa Maaskri Rémi Martin Thierry Godard Slimane Hadjar
wife husband son police officer judge counterfeiter brash suspenseful emotional france prison house courtroom suburbia family wrongful conviction desperation jailbreak husband/wife relationship murder case
With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.