20 movies like The Lodger, ordered by similarity : Shadow of a Doubt(1943), No Country for Old Men(2007), Cure(1997), Insomnia(2002), The Pledge(2001), Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery(2008), Mr. Brooks(2007), A Conspiracy of Faith(2016), Mother(2009), Manhunter(1986), The Secret in Their Eyes(2009), On Dangerous Ground(1951) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2009
96 Minutes
Alfred Molina Hope Davis Shane West Simon Baker-Denny Rachael Leigh Cook Donal Logue Philip Baker Hall Mel Harris Roy Werner Juting Tsang Stephen Steelman
serial killer police detective landlady profiler chilling dark neighborhood hollywood murder investigation serial murders jack the ripper pursuit 2000s
A couple rents out a room to a mysterious young man, who may or may not be guilty of a series of grisly neighborhood murders.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1943
108 Minutes
Teresa Wright Joseph Cotten Hume Cronyn Macdonald Carey Henry Travers Patricia Collinge Edna May Wonacott Wallace Ford Irving Bacon Charles Bates Clarence Muse
uncle serial killer young girl neighbor detective widow dark suspenseful household small town murder surveillance poison newspapers paranoia infatuation pursuit mystery 1940s
A young girl, overjoyed when her favorite uncle comes to visit the family, slowly begins to suspect that he is in fact the "Merry Widow" killer sought by the authorities.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Mexico
2007
122 Minutes
Tommy Lee Jones Ethan Coen Javier Bardem Josh Brolin Woody Harrelson Kelly Macdonald Garret Dillahunt Tess Harper Barry Corbin Stephen Root Rodger Boyce
hunter serial killer sheriff wife veteran chilling dark creepy texas countryside motel police station gas station murder drug trafficking assassination investigation pursuit mystery 1980s
Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande.
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
USA
2001
124 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Robin Wright Aaron Eckhart Patricia Clarkson Benicio Del Toro Dale Dickey Costas Mandylor Helen Mirren Tom Noonan Michael O'Keefe Vanessa Redgrave
detective serial killer girl witness suspenseful dark mountain restaurant church gas station promises murder mental illness child abuse retirement obsession mystery pursuit 2000s
A retiring police detective pledges to catch the killer of a young child.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
Canada|USA
2008
90 Minutes
Chad Allen Sebastian Spence Sebastien Roberts Brittney Wilson Jason Poulsen Daryl Shuttleworth Nelson Wong
lawyer private investigator murderer murder suspect murder victim dark chilling tense suspenseful united states murder murder investigation private detective mystery crime discovery mystery pursuit 2000s
Tim Callahan, aide to New York Senator Lauren Platt, is disappointed that all of the $3 million funding has been pulled from his latest pet project, a safe zone for children and youth. His ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2007
121 Minutes
Kevin Costner Demi Moore Dane Cook William Hurt Marg Helgenberger Ruben Santiago-Hudson Danielle Panabaker Aisha Hinds Lindsay Crouse Jason Lewis Reiko Aylesworth
serial killer protégé businessman daughter wife detective suspenseful dark portland, ore. palo alto, calif. office house murder mistaken identity family police work pursuit wretched excess temptation 2000s
A well-respected businessman is sometimes controlled by his murder and mayhem-loving alter ego.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1986
119 Minutes
William Petersen Kim Greist Dennis Farina Joan Allen Brian Cox Stephen Lang Tom Noonan
serial killer cannibal fbi agent coworker journalist dark suspenseful chilling atlanta house prison quantico murder manhunt secret plans collaboration revenge mutilation discovery pursuit
Former F.B.I. profiler Will Graham (William Petersen) returns to service to pursue a deranged serial killer named "the Tooth Fairy" (Tom Noonan) by the media.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Argentina|Spain
2009
127 Minutes
Ricardo Darín Soledad Villamil Carla Quevedo Pablo Rago Javier Godino Guillermo Francella José Luis Gioia Bárbara Palladino Rudy Romano Mario Alarcón Alejandro Abelenda
criminal investigator judge love interest newlywed chilling dark engaging suspenseful buenos aires, argentina court mystery murder investigation rape discovery pursuit mystery 1990s
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
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.
Crime, Drama
USA
1991
107 Minutes
Bill Paxton Cynda Williams Billy Bob Thornton Michael Beach Jim Metzler Earl Billings Natalie Canerday
drug dealer girlfriend killer sheriff detective son thrilling gritty dark los angeles houston arkansas small town household murder on the run drug trade investigation road trip violence
A small town police chief awaits the arrival of a gang of killers.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
95 Minutes
Victor Mature Richard Conte Shelley Winters Fred Clark Berry Kroeger Debra Paget Betty Garde Tommy Cook
police detective murderer girlfriend lawyer thief brutal chilling dark suspenseful new york city hospital prison murder theft investigation imprisonment escape fall pursuit mystery
Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.
Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Japan|USA
2006
126 Minutes
Tatsuya Fujiwara Ken'ichi Matsuyama Asaka Seto Erika Toda Shunji Fujimura
detective college student murderer brutal disturbing dark japan college black magic investigation morality murder temptation transformation rivalry 2000s
Picking up where the first one leaves off, Light joins the task force searching for Kira in an effort to avert suspicion from himself---and get rid of L.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
86 Minutes
Robert Young Robert Mitchum Robert Ryan Gloria Grahame Paul Kelly Richard Benedict Sam Levene Jacqueline White Steve Brodie Lex Barker
soldier veteran detective sergeant serial killer dark thrilling suspenseful bar washington, d.c. mexico apartment hotel murder investigation anti-semitism paranoia friendship military mystery
A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of demobilized soldiers he met in a bar. But which one? And why?
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Australia
1992
107 Minutes
Jacques Dutronc Patrick Bruel Mathilda May Vernon Dobtcheff Sophie Broustal Bruce Myers Eric Da Silva Benoît Magimel Jurgen Zwingel Hans-Heinz Moser Jean Dautremay
police detective businessman wife boss suspect dark suspenseful lyon, france zurich alps town murder investigation love triangle corruption deception mystery pursuit 1990s
A sweet-talking con man starts to turn his life around when he falls in love in this family oriented comedy.
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2002
102 Minutes
August Diehl Christian Redl Nadeshda Brennicke Ilknur Bahadir Jasmin Schwiers Johan Leysen Monica Bleibtreu Joe Bausch Fatih Cevikkollu Florian Panzner Ingo Naujoks
rookie cop police detective forensic expert serial killer missing girl daughter dark creepy suspenseful berlin rave basement crime scene murder tattoos crime father/daughter relationship police work investigation mystery
Two mismatched policemen (August Diehl, Christian Redl) search for a serial killer who has a fondness for tattooed skin.
Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
South Korea
2003
129 Minutes
Song Kang-ho Kim Sang-kyung Kim Roi-ha Song Jae-ho Hie-bong Byeon Park Noh-shik Hae-il Park Seo-hie Ko Mi-Seon Jeon Young-hwa Seo
rapist serial killer police detective mentally challenged suspect dark solemn south korea provincial town police station investigation crime death of a child murder case mystery pursuit 1980s
In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.