20 movies like The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, ordered by similarity : Killer Assistant(2016), Cape Fear(1991), Wicked(1998), Anything for Her(2008), Halloween(2018), Lisbon(1999), Cape Fear(1962), Shifty(2008), Train to Busan(2016), The Bay of Silence(2020), Kartoos(1999), Beast(2017) ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1992
110 Minutes
Annabella Sciorra Rebecca De Mornay Matt McCoy Ernie Hudson Julianne Moore Madeline Zima John deLancie Kevin Skousen
psychopath nanny wife husband daughter handyman creepy suspenseful tense washington state sexual abuse vengeance family dysfunction mental breakdown revenge fall 1990s
After her humiliated husband kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against a woman and her family.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
89 Minutes
Arianne Zucker Brando Eaton George Stults Natalie Lander Joanne Baron Todd Cahoon Josh Drennen Theodora Greece Catherine Lazo Sierra Love Brett Ryback
magazine editor husband assistant wife daughter babysitter creepy disturbing frightening intense shocking suspenseful tense united states home magazine office secret plans revenge murder revenge
A magazine editor's life and career simultaneously begin to unravel after she takes on a new assistant with secret motives of his own.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1991
128 Minutes
Robert De Niro Nick Nolte Jessica Lange Juliette Lewis Joe Don Baker Robert Mitchum Gregory Peck Martin Balsam Illeana Douglas Fred Dalton Thompson Zully Montero
attorney stalker father private investigator wife daughter creepy suspenseful tense thrilling frightening atlanta north carolina boat family home bar suburb protection vengeance rape
A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
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.
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Other
USA|UK
2018
106 Minutes
Jamie Lee Curtis Judy Greer Andi Matichak Will Patton Virginia Gardner Nick Castle Haluk Bilginer James Jude Courtney Miles Robbins Dylan Arnold Drew Scheid
victim serial killer murderer rival psychopath creepy uneasy tense gory gripping thrilling haddonfield, ill. house forest mental institution suburb bus murder escape revenge
Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain|Argentina
1999
99 Minutes
Carmen Maura Federico Luppi Sergi López Antonio Birabent Laia Marull Miguel Palenzuela
salesman hitchhiker daughter husband son father tense dark suspenseful sultry spain madrid restroom highway lisbon, portugal car travel on the run family marriage
Joao sells video tapes in road bars between Portugal and Spain. One day he finds a middle aged woman in the middle of nowhere. Somebody is looking for her and she has to escape to Lisboa. ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1962
105 Minutes
Gregory Peck Robert Mitchum Polly Bergen Lori Martin Martin Balsam Jack Kruschen Telly Savalas Barrie Chase Paul Comi John McKee Page Slattery
stalker lawyer father convict private investigator daughter creepy suspenseful tense disturbing georgia boat prison protection vengeance family rape crime courage escape
A lawyer's family is stalked by a man he once helped put in jail.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
2008
86 Minutes
Riz Ahmed Daniel Mays Jason Flemyng Nitin Ganatra Jay Simpson Dannielle Brent Francesca Annis Kate Groombridge Jason Maza Jordan Long Rory Jennings
drug dealer drug addict brother man friend emotional engaging gripping intense suspenseful tense thrilling uneasy unrestrained london drug addiction drug trade drugs family relationships
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Action
South Korea
2016
118 Minutes
Gong Yoo Ma Dong-seok Woo-sik Choi Eui-sung Kim Su-an Kim Myung-sin Park Soo-jung Ye Gwi-hwa Choi
workaholic daughter ex-wife train passenger zombie brutal shocking thrilling suspenseful frightening raw train south korea train station train travel zombie movies horror survival father/daughter relationship adventure
While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
2020
80 Minutes
Claes Bang Olga Kurylenko Brian Cox Assaad Bouab Alice Krige Caroline Goodall Shalisha James-Davis Litiana Biutanaseva Lilibet Biutanaseva Duncan Duff Maroussia Frank
wife husband son murder suspect missing person photographer creepy chilling shocking tense gripping mansion upscale neighborhood french countryside murder accusation mysterious past unsolved murder husband/wife relationship affliction downward spiral
Will believes his wife Rosalind is innocent of their son's suspected murder, only to discover the devastating truth behind her past links her to another unsolved crime.
Mystery & Thriller
India
1999
150 Minutes
cop criminal crime boss love interest terrorist uncle thrilling tense suspenseful intense gripping engaging india london terrorism romance capture underworld assassination plot vengeance
On 1st May, 1993, a bomb explode claiming the lives of hundreds of Mumbai, India citizens with the majority being children. Terrorist Jagat Jogia claims responsibility for this outrage but ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
UK|USA
2017
107 Minutes
Jessie Buckley Geraldine James Johnny Flynn Charley Palmer Rothwell Hattie Gotobed Shannon Tarbet Emily Taaffe Olwen Fouere Oliver Maltman Trystan Gravelle Tim Woodward
tour guide poacher police detective sister golfer uneasy tense suspenseful shocking intense gripping disturbing creepy island great britain murder murder accusation family sister relationship misfits
The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Australia
2018
97 Minutes
Shane Jacobson Clayton Jacobson Kim Gyngell Lynette Curran Sarah Snook
brother stepfather mother family dying person unemployed person amusing witty dark tense suspenseful engaging victoria, australia murder plot brother relationship humor comedy vengeance parent/child relationship fall
Two brothers' murder plans go somewhat sideways in this Australian dark comedy.
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.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada|USA
1987
88 Minutes
Terry O'Quinn Jill Schoelen Shelley Hack Charles Lanyer Stephen Shellen Stephen E. Miller Robyn Stevan Jeff Schultz Lindsay Bourne Anna Hagan Gillian Barber
stepfather wife stepdaughter young man police officer chilling tense seattle washington state household serial murders psychopath deception investigation secret life mother/daughter relationship escape transformation 1980s
After murdering his entire family, a man marries a widow with a teenage daughter in another town and prepares to do it all over again.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
USA
2013
87 Minutes
Ally Walker Richard Riehle Charlie O'Connell Erica Leerhsen Daniel Hugh Kelly Stephanie Erb Noell Coet Adam C. Edwards Shannon Makhanian Ian Bamberg
young girl father orphan blind girl killer psychopath creepy disturbing dark suspenseful thrilling intense united states countryside country house village small town intruders psychopath halloween
Young Emily Walton, who has suffered from psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her mother's life, must summon every instinct at her disposal to protect herself and her loved ones from a mysterious intruder.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
111 Minutes
Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson Lili Taylor Ron Livingston Shanley Caswell Hayley McFarland Joey King Mackenzie Foy Kyla Deaver Shannon Kook John Brotherton
investigator demon hunter husband wife ghost daughter frightening suspenseful shocking tense creepy family home farmhouse rural community backyard paranormal ghosts haunted houses supernatural phenomenon ghost stories
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
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, Drama
2018
87 Minutes
Andrea Riseborough J. Smith-Cameron Steve Buscemi Ann Dowd John Alberto Leguizamo
couple daughter husband wife missing girl investigator dark intricate tense uneasy house store parking lot woods bedroom missing persons mistaken identity fraud family psychology
Craving connections with others, a woman creates elaborate identities and hoaxes by using pseudonyms on the internet. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing 30 years earlier, she becomes convinced that these strangers are her parents.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA
2017
92 Minutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger Scoot McNairy Maggie Grace Judah Nelson Larry Sullivan Jason McCune Glenn Morshower Mariana Klaveno Martin Donovan Hannah Ware Christopher Darga
air traffic controller construction worker foreman father daughter wife family brooding tense thrilling suspenseful sad united states office home revenge death of child death of spouse guilt loss
Two strangers' lives become inextricably bound together after a devastating plane crash.