20 movies like Anamorph, ordered by similarity : True Crimes(2016), On Dangerous Ground(1951), Badlapur(2015), Madigan(1968), When Justice Fails(1998), Insomnia(1997), Dick Tracy's Dilemma(1947), Red Riding: 1980(2009), Gone Girl(2014), 21 Bridges(2019), Righteous Kill(2008), Seven(1995) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2007
104 Minutes
Willem Dafoe Scott Speedman Clea DuVall James Rebhorn Peter Stormare Amy Carlson Yul Vazquez Don Harvey Deborah Harry
police detective partner alcoholic antique dealer police officer killer dark gripping new york city morgue art gallery apartment building police station serial murders alcoholism art prostitution investigation mystery fall
A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2016
92 Minutes
Jim Carrey Charlotte Gainsbourg Marton Csokas Kati Outinen Vlad Ivanov Agata Kulesza Robert Wieckiewicz Piotr Glowacki Zbigniew Zamachowski Anna Polony
detective businessman novelist mysterious woman girlfriend murderer brooding brutal emotional gripping suspenseful bleak poland police station apartment lake city sex club murder copycat killers
A hard-boiled detective becomes suspicious of an author when the incidents described in his hit novel resemble the inner-workings of an unsolved murder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Ida Lupino Robert Ryan Ward Bond Charles Kemper Anthony Ross Ed Begley Ian Wolfe Sumner Williams Gus Schilling Frank Ferguson Cleo Moore
police detective sister killer father partner captain dark gritty brooding new york city police station apartment countryside cabin investigation brother/sister relationship murder mental breakdown blindness redemption
Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2015
123 Minutes
Varun Dhawan Nawazuddin Siddiqui Huma Qureshi Yami Gautam Divya Dutta Vinay Pathak Radhika Apte
mother son father partner wife robber brash confident dark emotional gritty intense india house car apartment police station vengeance tragic death bank robbery
An innocent man turns brutal when his family gets killed in a bank robbery and one of the perpetrators escapes. 15 years later, he begins his deadly game of vengeance.
Crime, Drama
USA
1968
101 Minutes
Richard Widmark Henry Fonda Harry Guardino Inger Stevens James Whitmore Michael Dunn
police detective commissioner suspect mistress partner minister gritty tense melodramatic thrilling brooklyn, n.y. police station new york city street apartment theft corruption manhunt police brutality investigation
In New York City's Spanish Harlem, detectives Madigan and Bonaro are given 72 hours by their superior to capture a hoodlum wanted for homicide in Brooklyn.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
1998
91 Minutes
Jeff Fahey Marlee Matlin Charles Powell Victoria Barkoff Carl Marotte
police detective prosecutor partner sex offender murder suspect gay man dark gripping intense city police station nightclub apartment office courtroom disability dangerous romance murder investigation secrets sex crime
A detective (Jeff Fahey) investigating the murders of two sex offenders gets involved with a beautiful district attorney (Marlee Matlin) who becomes a main suspect.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Norway
1997
99 Minutes
Stellan Skarsgård Sverre Anker Ousdal Bjørn Floberg Gisken Armand Maria Bonnevie Maria Mathiesen Thor Michael Aamodt Frode Rasmussen
detective police officer writer murderer suspect partner dark dreamy somber norway arctic beach small town insomnia murder investigation cover-up guilt accidental death fall mystery
In a Norwegian city with a 24-hour daylight cycle a Swedish murder investigator has been brought in on a special case. Sleep deprived, he makes a horrible mistake which is discovered by the killer he has been hunting.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
60 Minutes
Ralph Byrd Lyle Latell Jack Lambert Kay Christopher Ian Keith Bernadene Hayes Jimmy Conlin William B. Davidson Tony Barrett Tom Keene Harry Strang
dick tracy partner snitch insurance broker business owner wealthy woman suspenseful melodramatic thrilling store apartment junkyard morgue street police station investigation crime fashion serial murders police work
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain who robs banks using a nerve gas.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2009
93 Minutes
Warren Clarke Paddy Considine James Fox David Calder Nicholas Woodeson Ron Cook Maxine Peake Tony Pitts Jim Carter David Morrissey Eddie Marsan
police chief police detective businessman prostitute police officer chilling gripping suspenseful yorkshire, england club police station house police corruption revenge investigation serial murders prostitution crime discovery mystery
Detective Peter Hunter returns to Yorkshire to investigate the town's high murder rate. The local police have done little to find the killer, and he soon realizes corrupt police officers are doing everything they can to stop his progress.
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, Action, Crime, Drama
China|USA
2019
99 Minutes
Chadwick Boseman Sienna Miller J.K. Simmons Stephan James Taylor Kitsch Keith David Alexander Siddig Louis Cancelmi Victoria Cartagena Gary Carr Morocco Omari
police officer criminal detective murderer family member murder suspect cool confident thrilling suspenseful intense intricate new york city subway apartment crime scene police station car murder manhunt
An embattled NYPD detective is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy.
Crime, Drama
USA
2008
100 Minutes
Robert De Niro Al Pacino Curtis Jackson Carla Gugino Donnie Wahlberg Trilby Glover Shirly Brener Melissa Leo Oleg Taktarov Alan Blumenfeld Rob Dyrdek
detective drug dealer serial killer pimp priest partner emotional gripping brutal office shooting gallery courtroom manhattan, n.y. apartment crime scene investigation murder deception corruption violence
Two veteran New York City detectives work on a case of serial executions of criminals who escaped justice.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1963
81 Minutes
Margaret Rutherford Robert Morley Flora Robson Charles "Bud" Tingwell Stringer Davis Duncan Lamont
miss marple recluse art expert heir doctor tense spirited charming household hotel stadium england murder family art mystery 1950s
When a wealthy old man appears to have been "frightened to death" by a cat, Miss Jane Marple suspects one of his four relatives, all heirs to his estate, of his murder.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Denmark|Germany|Sweden|Norway
2016
119 Minutes
Nikolaj Lie Kaas Fares Fares Johanne Louise Schmidt Søren Pilmark Jakob Oftebro Pål Sverre Hagen Lotte Andersen Signe Anastassia Mannov Laura Bro Divya Das Amanda Collin
detective investigator murder suspect murder victim criminal thrilling gripping suspenseful shocking boarding school crime scene police station denmark crime investigation murder cold case serial murders discovery mystery
Two intertwined cases linking the past with the present will require the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer, while time is running out.
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.
Comedy, Drama
1944
100 Minutes
William Powell Myrna Loy Lucile Watson Gloria DeHaven Anne Revere Harry Davenport Helen Vinson Lloyd Corrigan Donald Meek Edward Brophy Leon Ames
detective wife mother father spy artist cheeky engaging suspenseful new york city small town store apartment household investigation family espionage small-town life murder art
Nick and Nora Charles (William Powell, Myrna Loy) visit his hometown, sober, and link art and corpses to a spy ring.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
1997
110 Minutes
Koji Yakusho Tsuyoshi Ujiki Anna Nakagawa Masato Hagiwara
detective killer police officer victim creepy chilling frightening tokyo police station murder investigation justice pursuit mystery 1990s
A Tokyo detective (Koji Yakusho) investigates a series of murders committed in exactly the same way by people who seem to have no connection.
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, Crime, Drama
Canada|United Arab Emirates|USA
2017
117 Minutes
Denzel Washington Colin Farrell Carmen Ejogo Lynda Gravátt Amanda Warren Hugo Armstrong Sam Gilroy Tony Plana DeRon Horton Amari Cheatom Vince Cefalu
lawyer defendant defense attorney civil rights leader victim law partner gripping crafty tense hedonistic intricate thrilling new york city jail courtroom law office apartment law firm law activism
Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action.
Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Crime
USA|Canada
2008
99 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Mila Kunis Beau Bridges Chris "Ludacris" Bridges Chris O'Donnell Donal Logue Amaury Nolasco Kate Burton Olga Kurylenko Rothaford Gray Joel Gordon
police detective russian mobster femme fatale partner security head sister dark thrilling gripping new york city street precinct house pharmaceutical company tattoo parlor warehouse murder vigilantism wrongfully accused supernatural conspiracy
Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a police detective and an assassin, who will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.