20 movies like The Manchurian Candidate, ordered by similarity : The Manchurian Candidate(1962), Tell No One(2006), Neither Heaven Nor Earth(2015), A Canterbury Tale(1944), Barracuda(2017), Pars vite et reviens tard(2007), Chappaquiddick(2017), Wake Wood(2011), 13B(2009), Mother(2009), Dirty Pretty Things(2002), The Absent One(2014) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2004
130 Minutes
Denzel Washington Meryl Streep Liev Schreiber Jon Voight Kimberly Elise Jeffrey Wright Ted Levine Bruno Ganz Miguel Ferrer Dean Stockwell Jude Ciccolella
sergeant soldier captain politician major mother thrilling creepy kuwait rally desert bedroom brainwashing political campaign doubt corporate greed conspiracy gulf war rise discovery
In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1962
126 Minutes
Frank Sinatra Laurence Harvey Janet Leigh Angela Lansbury Henry Silva James Gregory Leslie Parrish John McGiver Khigh Dhiegh James Edwards Douglas Henderson
war hero politician soldier spy communist tense intricate china washington, d.c. rally costume party brainwashing communism cold war political campaign assassination conspiracy transformation rise revenge
A former prisoner of war is brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international Communist conspiracy.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|UK
2006
126 Minutes
François Cluzet André Dussollier Marie-Josée Croze Kristin Scott Thomas Nathalie Baye François Berléand Jean Rochefort Guillaume Canet Gilles Lellouche Olivier Marchal Philippe Lefebvre
pediatrician wife serial killer gangster husband police officer thrilling crafty gripping intricate lake house park france city frame-up faking death murder conspiracy on the run
An accidental discovery near a doctor's estate stirs up some painful memories eight years after his wife's hideous murder, and now, things are bound to take a turn for the unexpected. Does the good doctor know more than he's letting on?
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
1944
124 Minutes
Emeric Pressburger Eric Portman Sheila Sim John Sweet Dennis Price Esmond Knight Charles Hawtrey Hay Petrie
soldier sergeant shopkeeper criminal lighthearted suspenseful amusing cathedral england small town hotel world war ii traveling mystery friendship discovery transformation mystery pursuit 1940s
A U.S. soldier (John Sweet), a British sergeant and a London girl (Sheila Sim) see minor miracles and catch a prude (Eric Portman).
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Poland
2017
100 Minutes
Allison Tolman Julia Halperin Sophie Reid JoBeth Williams Luis Bordonada Larry Jack Dotson Angelo Dylen Tanner Beard Monique Straw
sister father singer husband mother boy brooding eerie dark creepy disturbing thrilling texas house yard lake cemetery bar long-lost relatives sister relationship
A strange woman comes to Texas to meet her half-sister and stake a claim to the family music legacy-one way or another.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
France
2007
116 Minutes
José Garcia Marie Gillain Lucas Belvaux Olivier Gourmet Nicolas Cazalé Linh Dan Pham
young woman police captain murderer murder victim young man intense thrilling suspenseful raw shocking gory paris police station psychiatrist's office house murder investigation painting pharmaceuticals revenge
A modern-day Parisian town crier gradually learns that someone is using him to give cryptic warnings of a plague outbreak in the city.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
USA|Sweden
2017
101 Minutes
Jason Clarke Kate Mara Ed Helms Bruce Dern Jim Gaffigan Olivia Thirlby Clancy Brown Taylor Nichols Andria Blackman Tamara Hickey Victor Warren
man politician victim coworker campaign manager investigator tense uneasy dark disturbing shocking massachusetts car house ocean study bridge true crime historical events political campaign
Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.
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.
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.
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, Crime, Drama
UK
2002
94 Minutes
Chiwetel Ejiofor Audrey Tautou Sergi López Sophie Okonedo Benedict Wong Sotigui Kouyaté Abi Gouhad Jean-Philippe Écoffey Jeffery Kissoon Darrell D'Silva
immigrant prostitute refugee manager doctor creepy disheartening thrilling hotel london basement street crime drugs human rights immigration sex black market escape mystery
Illegal immigrants Okwe and Senay work at a posh London hotel and live in constant fear of deportation. One night Okwe stumbles across evidence of a bizarre murder setting off a series of events that could lead to disaster or freedom.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2014
119 Minutes
Fares Fares Nikolaj Lie Kaas Pilou Asbæk David Dencik Danica Curcic Sarah-Sofie Boussnina Søren Pilmark Morten Kirkskov Ole Dupont Divya Das Beate Bille
detective assistant sociopath thrilling copenhagen cold case conspiracy discovery mystery 2010s
Detectives race to find a possible witness to a 20-year-old double homicide before the killers get to her.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2004
95 Minutes
Val Kilmer Neve Campbell Sam Shepard Noble Willingham Amy Smart Gil Bellows Giancarlo Esposito Faye Dunaway
amnesiac sheriff doctor fiancée nurse deputy tense emotional thrilling new mexico small town ranch alabama desert hospital assassination plot conspiracy paranoia accident deception
At the hospital, Frank comes out of a coma with amnesia. The sheriff wants to know who shot him. Later Frank remembers that something's happening to the president. Who is Frank?
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain|Mexico
2007
105 Minutes
Belén Rueda Fernando Cayo Geraldine Chaplin Montserrat Carulla Mabel Rivera Andrés Gertrúdix Roger Príncep Edgar Vivar
orphan husband son mother ghost old woman suspenseful emotional striking frightening spain orphanage haunted house beach shed cave orphans illness disappearance parenthood
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2010
94 Minutes
Denzel Washington Chris Pine Rosario Dawson Kevin Dunn Ethan Suplee Kevin Corrigan Jessy Schram Jeff Wincott Elizabeth Mathis Lew Temple Meagan Tandy
engineer conductor safety inspector yardmaster father daughter tense thrilling emotional intense suspenseful train railway railyard pennsylvania runaway train toxic chemicals disaster father/daughter relationship death
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada
2005
108 Minutes
JR Bourne Caroline Cave Deborah Grover Frank Adamson Joyce Gordon
husband wife boss daughter mother-in-law parent bleak disturbing tense emotional family home canada art gallery office assault family dysfunction trust failing career marital problems investigation
Warner isn't sure how he got where he is, but he's not particularly happy to be there: mid-thirties, married, two kids, dead-end career in fund raising, cramped town house, old car, clothes... See full summary »
Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
Germany
2019
123 Minutes
Elyas M'Barek Heiner Lauterbach Franco Nero Manfred Zapatka Alexandra Maria Lara Jannis Niewöhner Rainer Bock Catrin Striebeck Pia Stutzenstein Peter Prager Hannes Wegener
public defender lawyer industrialist worker dead person intricate suspenseful courtroom berlin murder case conspiracy discovery mystery 2000s
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama
USA
2018
100 Minutes
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Lorraine Toussaint Saniyya Sidney David Strathairn Christopher Denham Hannah Kauffmann Avery Akerson Levi Dylan Monique Straw Ramona King Richard L. Olsen
mother daughter grandmother cop sheriff scientist bleak brooding dreamy somber spirited desert cottage car small town family home on the run super powers apocalypse energy field
After years in hiding, a woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2011
137 Minutes
Rani Mukherji Vidya Balan Rajesh Sharma Shireesh Sharma Mohammed Zeeshan Ayub Neil Bhoopalam Satyadeep Misra Myra Karn
bartender sister reporter killer politician police chief chilling disturbing gripping delhi, india party police station courtroom airplane press conference murder case cover-up political corruption high society sister relationship
A journalist, who is more of an activist teams up with the sister of a murdered model, as she gets interested in the case and wants to bring justice to her case.