20 movies like The Beneficiary, ordered by similarity : Perfect Alibi(1994), Tiger Bay(1959), Nocturnal Animals(2016), Gaslight(1940), Laura(1944), Blue Velvet(1986), The In Crowd(2000), Fashionista(2016), The Mighty Quinn(1989), Gone Girl(2014), The Disappearance of Alice Creed(2009), Murder 3(2013) ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1997
95 Minutes
Ron Silver Suzy Amis Linden Ashby Stacy Haiduk Steven Ford Robert Davi
detective young woman billionaire husband friend mistress bleak chilling sultry apartment bedroom car street inheritance murder investigation wealth deception sex corruption forbidden love
Benny, a lonely drifter, is thrown off a train after cheating at cards, and into the life of Tanya, a lovely bartender. Tanya has been supporting her husband, a former ballplayer, since his... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1994
98 Minutes
Teri Garr Héctor Elizondo Alex McArthur Lydie Denier Kathleen Quinlan Anne Ramsay Gedde Watanabe Bruce McGill Charles Martin Smith
wealthy woman husband mistress sister friend police detective thrilling tense shocking beverly hills, calif. family home murder inheritance adultery cover-up mysterious past investigation discovery pursuit 1990s
Melanie is married to Keith Bauers, she has two beautiful children and she is rich. She decides to engage a girl au pair, Janine, who arrives from France. Everything seems to run perfectly.... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1959
105 Minutes
young girl murderer detective street urchin sailor witness suspenseful shocking dark melodramatic cardiff, wales tenement house police station street church witnessing murder investigation conspiracy unlikely friendship deception
A twelve-year-old tomboy witnesses the murder of a woman by her Polish merchant marine boyfriend, but bonds with him and thwarts the police in their investigation.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2016
116 Minutes
Amy Adams Jake Gyllenhaal Michael Shannon Aaron Taylor-Johnson Isla Fisher Armie Hammer Ellie Bamber Laura Linney Andrea Riseborough Michael Sheen Neil Jackson
art gallerist husband ex-husband author family member friend brooding chilling intense los angeles art gallery house bedroom beach car reading reality ex-husbands truth fiction writing
A wealthy art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband's novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a symbolic revenge tale.
Mystery & Thriller
1940
88 Minutes
Anton Walbrook Diana Wynyard Frank Pettingell Cathleen Cordell Robert Newton Jimmy Hanley
wife detective husband maid cook brooding crafty suspenseful mansion london street deception murder exploitation jewelry theft double life investigation discovery mystery 1930s
A schizoid Victorian (Anton Walbrook) tries to drive his wife (Diana Wynyard) mad; a Scotland Yard detective (Frank Pettingell) figures out why.
Mystery & Thriller
1944
88 Minutes
Gene Tierney Dana Andrews Clifton Webb Vincent Price Judith Anderson Dorothy Adams James Flavin Clyde Fillmore Ralph Dunn Grant Mitchell Kathleen Howard
police detective businesswoman columnist boyfriend wealthy woman housekeeper dark intricate suspenseful new york city apartment police station cabin murder investigation infatuation unrequited love mistaken identity mystery pursuit
An arrogant New York columnist (Clifton Webb) taunts a detective (Dana Andrews) obsessed with a slain woman's (Gene Tierney) portrait.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1986
120 Minutes
Kyle MacLachlan Isabella Rossellini Dennis Hopper Laura Dern Hope Lange Dean Stockwell Priscilla Pointer Frances Bay
lounge singer girlfriend student psychopath drug addict dark creepy disturbing car abandoned building lounge apartment field suburbia desire vice blackmail drugs corruption sex
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2000
104 Minutes
Lori Heuring Susan Ward Daniel Hugh Kelly Matthew Settle Nathan Bexton Laurie Fortier Kim Murphy Ethan Erickson Katharine Towne Erinn Bartlett A.J. Buckley
young woman doctor beauty queen boyfriend best friend girlfriend thrilling brutal frightening country club golf course psychiatric ward beach tennis court bedroom friendship psychosomatic illness murder sexual conquests investigation
A mentally disturbed young woman takes a job at a posh country club and falls in with a clique of wealthy college kids where she's taken under the wing of the clique's twisted leader, who harbors some dark secrets too terrifying to tell.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2016
110 Minutes
Ethan Embry Amanda Fuller Eric Balfour Alexandria Deberry Alex Essoe Cassie Shea Watson Larry Jack Dotson Devin Bonnée Jemma Evans Carly Christopher
husband wife mistress mysterious man stalker customer creepy dark intense store apartment bar bedroom street car affair danger stalking anger stress
When a woman discovers her husband is having an affair, she throws caution to the wind and has an affair herself with a mysterious pick-up from a bar. The man, in true thriller fashion, turns out to be way more dangerous than she ever bargained for.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1989
98 Minutes
Denzel Washington Robert Townsend James Fox Mimi Rogers M. Emmet Walsh Sheryl Lee Ralph Art Evans Esther Rolle Norman Beaton Alex Colon Baldwin Howe
police chief small-time crook drug dealer governor wife childhood friend suspenseful charming spirited emotional caribbean mansion beach household musical gathering island murder investigation political corruption troubled marriage race relations
When police officer Xavier Quinn's childhood friend, Maubee, becomes associated with murder and a briefcase full of ten thousand dollar bills, The Mighty Quinn must clear his name. Or try to catch him, which could be even trickier.
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.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
2009
100 Minutes
young woman kidnapper partner boyfriend captor girlfriend suspenseful intricate thrilling frightening apartment bedroom forest warehouse secret hideout kidnapping ransom double-cross fighting deception
A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.
Mystery & Thriller
India
2013
124 Minutes
photographer girlfriend missing girl investigator suspect bleak creepy emotional engaging gripping shocking india secret room home apartment missing persons investigation jealousy relationships love
A hot-shot fashion and wildlife photographer Vikram gets into a relationship with Nisha. She moves in with him in his palatial house outside of the city. The old world house, made decades ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
68 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Hillary Brooke Henry Daniell Paul Cavanagh Matthew Boulton Eve Amber Frederick Worlock Tom Bryson
sherlock holmes doctor watson professor moriarty beautiful woman police detective amateur sleuth suspenseful intricate london household scotland yard 221b baker street investigation murder mutilation deception hypnosis mystery rivalry discovery
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1990
106 Minutes
Paul McGann Amanda Donohoe Frederick Treves Tom Wilkinson Barbara Leigh-Hunt Jimmy Yuill
impostor doctor nurse worker woman man suspenseful dark eerie emotional london bristol, england emergency room hospital car switched identities car accident medical profession ambition murder
A lowly hospital orderly impersonates a recently deceased doctor and goes to work in the busy ER of a small hospital where he meets and befriends a nurse who slowly figures out his secret and helps him maintain his charade.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2014
105 Minutes
Sharon Leal Boris Kodjoe Tasha Smith Tyson Beckford Emayatzy Corinealdi Katerina Graham William Levy Maria Howell Brandon Gonzales Garrett Hines Hunter Burke
businesswoman husband child sex addict friend lover brooding emotional intense office house hotel car bedroom street sex addiction career infidelity love relationships
A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
2014
114 Minutes
Liam Neeson Dan Stevens David Harbour Boyd Holbrook Maurice Compte Adam David Thompson Astro Sebastian Roche Mark Consuelos Ólafur Darri Ólafsson Laura Birn
detective client drug trafficker murder victim murderer friend brooding confident intense gripping new york city office crime scene car bar apartment detective work murder morality work-life balance
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1935
68 Minutes
Warren William Margaret Lindsay Errol Flynn Claire Dodd Donald Woods Allen Jenkins Philip Reed Winifred Shaw Warren Hymer Olin Howland Henry Kolker
perry mason friend ex-husband husband detective attorney engaging suspenseful law office mortuary apartment police station dinner party house law bigamy blackmail murder investigation accidental death
Perry interrupts his vacation plans when an ex-girlfriend, now newly married, asks him to help her with murder and bigamy charges.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1991
98 Minutes
Tom Berenger Bob Hoskins Greta Scacchi Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Corbin Bernsen Theodore Bikel Debi A. Monahan Bert Rosario Jedda Jones Scott Getlin Kellye Nakahara
husband wife fortuneteller private detective neighbor businessman gripping suspenseful tense california car hospital room family home bedroom amnesia car crash deception family dark secrets the past
After a horrific car wreck leaves him an amnesiac, a man slowly begins to unravel his shocking past.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1964
101 Minutes
Peter Sellers Elke Sommer George Sanders Herbert Lom Tracy Reed Graham Stark André Maranne Douglas Wilmer Vanda Godsell Maurice Kaufman Ann Lynn
murderer housekeeper detective sexy woman lover madcap lighthearted playful car household theater france investigation murder injustice poison bomb mystery pursuit love
Inspector Jacques Clouseau investigates the murder of Mr. Benjamin Ballon's driver at a country estate.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Japan|USA
2019
116 Minutes
Lupita Nyong'o Winston Duke Elisabeth Moss Tim Heidecker Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Anna Diop Evan Alex Shahadi Wright Joseph Madison Curry Cali Sheldon Noelle Sheldon
husband son daughter masked man stranger uneasy frightening creepy gory brutal chilling beach beach house car woods bedroom living room home invasion survival family
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.