20 movies like Changeling, ordered by similarity : Mother(2009), Gone Baby Gone(2007), Zero Tolerance(2015), Woodpeckers(2017), The Stolen(2016), Shagird(2011), Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison(1951), Maze(2017), Drishyam(2015), A Simple Favor(2018), Escape From Pretoria(2020), The Guilty(2018) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2008
141 Minutes
Angelina Jolie John Malkovich Jeffrey Donovan Michael Kelly Colm Feore Jason Butler Harner Amy Ryan Geoff Pierson Denis O'Hare Frank Wood Peter Gerety
single mother son young boy police officer disturbing emotional gripping los angeles abduction deception mistaken identity corruption investigation missing persons quest 1920s
Grief-stricken mother Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) takes on the L.A.P.D. to her own detriment when it tries to pass off an obvious impostor as her missing child.
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
USA
2007
115 Minutes
Casey Affleck Michelle Monaghan Morgan Freeman Ed Harris John Ashton Amy Ryan Amy Madigan Titus Welliver Michael Kenneth Williams Edi Gathegi
private investigator girlfriend aunt cop drug dealer mother dark gripping suspenseful boston household hospital funeral kidnapping investigation death deception missing persons quest mystery
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime, Drama
Thailand
2015
89 Minutes
Dustin Nguyen Scott Adkins Sahajak Boonthanakit Gary Daniels Way Prinya Kane Kosugi Ammy Chanicha Natalie Lorence Yuhkoh Matsuguchi
young girl dead person daughter murderer colleague police officer engaging emotional melodramatic thrilling gripping suspenseful thailand bangkok murder murder investigation investigation personal vendetta grief fighting
Johnny and Peter, former paramilitary operatives, search Bangkok - leaving carnage in their wake - to find the men who killed Johnny's daughter, Angel.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Adventure, Action, Western, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|Germany|United Arab Emirates|New Zealand
2016
95 Minutes
Alice Eve Graham McTavish Jack Davenport Richard O'Brien Cohen Holloway Gillian MacGregor Glen Levy Stan Walker Stig Eldred Lukas Hinch Emily Corcoran
mother son missing person maori englishwoman murderer intense gripping tense new zealand countryside missing persons kidnapping violence rescue revenge gold rush discovery pursuit rescue
The story of a woman who must find her kidnapped son, navigating a world she doesn't know, on the edge of danger with every heartbeat.
Crime, Drama, Action
India
2011
128 Minutes
Nana Patekar Mohit Ahlawat Rimi Sen Anurag Kashyap Zakir Hussain
inspector police officer wife son journalist media personality intense gripping powerful inspiring profound india city police station house corruption corrupt police fighting corruption bribery political corruption
A rookie cop questions the tactics of his superior, and attempts to track the abductors of his girlfriend.
Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Steve Cochran David Brian Philip Carey Ted de Corsia Scott Forbes Michael Tolan Dick Wesson Paul Picerni William Campbell
warden prison guard prisoner prison official sergeant inmate brooding intense engaging emotional brutal bleak folsom state prison reformation prison life prison riot prison break humanity human rights escape
At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.
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, Drama
India
2015
163 Minutes
father mother daughter police officer son thrilling gripping intense powerful house bungalow police station ashram forest protection father/daughter relationship family relationships love quest pursuit
Desperate measures are taken by a man who tries to save his family from the dark side of the law, after they commit an unexpected crime.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2018
117 Minutes
Anna Kendrick Blake Lively Henry Golding Ian Ho Joshua Satine Andrew Rannells Kelly McCormack Aparna Nancherla Rupert Friend Bashir Salahuddin Jean Smart
widow son friend husband single mother missing person sultry tense intricate confident dark thrilling suburb house school kitchen river airplane missing persons mysterious past
Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|Australia|USA|South Africa
2020
101 Minutes
Daniel Radcliffe Ian Hart Daniel Webber Nathan Page Stephen Hunter Mark Leonard Winter Jeanette Cronin Paul Harvey Ratidzo Mambo Martin Ayles PJ Oaten
prisoner south african man prison guard friend brash emotional gripping gutsy intense prison south africa apartheid injustice jailbreak activism african politics escape quest 1970s
Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, Escape From Pretoria is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Denmark
2018
85 Minutes
Jakob Cedergren Jessica Dinnage Omar Shargawi Johan Olsen Jacob Hauberg Lohmann Katinka Evers-Jahnsen Jeanette Lindbæk Larsen Simon Bennebjerg Laura Bro
police officer ex-cop woman kidnapper villain suspect suspenseful thrilling engaging gripping intense emotional denmark police station kidnapping emergencies investigation murder danger fear
A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
94 Minutes
Denis Menochet Léa Drucker Thomas Gioria Mathilde Auneveux Mathieu Saïkaly Florence Janas Saadia Bentaïeb Sophie Pincemaille Émilie Incerti-Formentini Jérome Care-Aulanier Coralie Russier
divorce divorce lawyer son mother father family member emotional intense tense disheartening office party bus house car apartment custody battle divorce family feud growing up
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
2017
115 Minutes
Forest Whitaker Eric Bana Jeff Gum Morné Visser Terry Norton Rob Gough Debbie Sherman Warrick Grier
archbishop murderer mother white person tense sultry somber rousing gripping disturbing prison south africa cape town redemption home apartheid racism justice faith crime
After the end of Apartheid, Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets with a brutal murderer seeking redemption.
Drama
USA
1936
78 Minutes
Burgess Meredith Margo Edward Ciannelli John Carradine Edward Ellis Paul Guilfoyle Maurice Moscovich Stanley Ridges Willard Robertson Mischa Auer Myron McCormick
gangster son italian immigrant innocent man police officer gripping inspiring rousing household courtroom college new york state murder legacy wrongful conviction corruption father/son relationship quest revenge
Immigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Years later, his son Mio sets out to find the truth of the crime and to bring to account the ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
2009
103 Minutes
David Morrissey Mark Addy Lisa Howard Chris Walker Shaun Dooley Jim Carter Warren Clarke Sean Bean Sean Harris Steven Robertson Tony Mooney
lawyer disabled person police detective police chief mother bleak suspenseful intense yorkshire, england courtroom prison police station police brutality police corruption serial murders regret law and order investigation discovery mystery
The disappearance of a young girl leads a Yorkshire detective (David Morrissey) to believe that he may have helped convict the wrong man of murder three years earlier.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA|France
2017
90 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Ekaterina Samsonov Alessandro Nivola Alex Manette John Doman Judith Roberts Dante Pereira-Olson Leigh Dunham Jason Babinsky
kidnapped child kidnapper mother hired hand young girl police officer bleak dark disturbing frightful gripping intense united states new york brothel country house house trauma abuse kidnapping
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2008
100 Minutes
Jakob Cedergren Kim Bodnia Lene Maria Christensen Lars Brygmann Anders Hove Anh Lé Jens Jørn Spottag Henrik Lykkegaard Peter Hesse Overgaard Niels Skousen Lars Lunøe
police officer thug wife townsperson abusive husband seductress bleak suspenseful amusing emotional copenhagen, denmark small town bar apartment police work mental breakdown relocation infidelity corruption quest
Following a nervous breakdown, a police officer (Jakob Cedergren) from Copenhagen pulls duty in a small town, where his big-city attitude clashes with the residents' bizarre behavior.
Drama
USA
1992
99 Minutes
Glenn Plummer Byron Keith Minns Lexie D. Bigham Vincent Craig Dupree LaRita Shelby Kevin Best Allan Hatcher Christian Coleman Ivory Ocean Starletta DuPois Carl Lumbly
gang member girlfriend son best friend convict father gripping brutal moving south central los angeles prison street gangs drug addiction mentorship father/son relationship self-discovery prison transformation
A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Sweden|Denmark|Germany|Norway
2009
152 Minutes
Michael Nyqvist Noomi Rapace Lena Endre Peter Haber Sven-Bertil Taube Peter Andersson Marika Lagercrantz Bjorn Granath Ingvar Hirdwall Per Oscarsson David Dencik
wealthy man niece journalist hacker nazi brother suspenseful brutal moving thrilling mansion island city sweden cabin office family secrets missing persons murder investigation sexual abuse
A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.