20 movies like The Cry of the Owl, ordered by similarity : Fool for Love(1985), The Sweetheart(2018), The Handmaiden(2016), The Double Hour(2009), Seduced(2016), Witness for the Prosecution(1957), The Good Girls(1960), Revanche(2008), Revenge(1990), A Bigger Splash(2015), Alléluia(2014), Cloud 9(2008) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada|Germany
2009
100 Minutes
Paddy Considine Julia Stiles Karl Pruner Gord Rand James Gilbert R.D. Reid Phillip MacKenzie Caroline Dhavernas
artist ex-wife woman boyfriend police detective chilling somber passionate melodramatic pennsylvania small town house mental breakdown recovery obsession affair plot revenge love mystery
A troubled young man retreats from the big city and his ex-wife for the tranquility of a small town. He is drawn into a relationship with a young woman whose boyfriend goes missing, leaving the new arrival as a suspect.
Drama
USA
1985
105 Minutes
Sam Shepard Kim Basinger Harry Dean Stanton Randy Quaid Martha Crawford Louise Egolf Sura Cox Jonathan Skinner April Russell Deborah McNaughton Lon Hill
woman man half brother lover ex-boyfriend adult brash dark intense emotional melodramatic gripping united states motel las vegas love relationships incest fighting past loves
May is waiting for her boyfriend in a run-down American motel, when an old flame turns up and threatens to undermine her efforts and drag her back into the life that she was running away from. The situation soon turns complicated.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2018
100 Minutes
Jessalyn Gilsig Jon Cor Hannah Vandenbygaart Scott Gibson Taveeta Szymanowicz
young woman mother father mother's boyfriend psychopath intense suspenseful thrilling disturbing melodramatic brooding house canada hospital car united states car accident divorce new love false identity
Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic champion, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His punishment: coach the Shiny Shrimps, an amateur gay water-polo team. They have only one thing in mind: to qualify for the Gay Games in Croatia.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
South Korea
2016
144 Minutes
Kim Min-hee Kim Tae-ri Ha Jung-woo Cho Jin-Woong Kim Hae-sook Moon So-ri Jeong Ha-dam Eun-hyung Jo
korean woman pickpocket japanese woman lesbian heiress intense emotional melodramatic profound brooding korea house lesbianism trust fraud money japanese occupation love forbidden love pursuit
A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, but secretly she is involved in a plot to defraud her.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Italy
2009
95 Minutes
Filippo Timi Kseniya Rappoport Antonia Truppo Gaetano Bruno Fausto Russo Alesi Michele Di Mauro Lorenzo Gioielli Lidia Vitale
woman ex-cop lover security guard friend police detective emotional chilling thrilling turin, italy countryside villa woods buenos aires, argentina hospital dating robbery trauma coma secret past
A chambermaid and an ex-cop meet at a speed dating event and a romance develops. But during a romantic getaway things suddenly take a dark turn.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
90 Minutes
Elisabeth Röhm Jon Prescott Julie Mond Robert Mailhouse Jessica Amlee April Audia Tanner Stine Ser'Darius Blain Cade Carradine Alexandria Basso
widow woman con man love interest murder suspect lover charming cheeky emotional passionate suspenseful disheartening germany city beach love love interest relationships betrayal trust
A woman is conned by a man who uses online dating ads to rob women.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Tyrone Power Marlene Dietrich Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester John Williams Henry Daniell Ian Wolfe Una O'Connor Torin Thatcher Francis Compton Norma Varden
lawyer wife defendant prosecutor nurse witness gripping crafty courtroom trial love triangle love-hate relationship betrayal murder investigation mystery rivalry love temptation 1950s
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
Drama
France|Italy
1960
105 Minutes
Bernadette Lafont Lucile Saint-Simon Clotilde Joano Stéphane Audran Mario David Jean-Louis Maury Sacha Briquet Dinan
single woman woman saleswoman man love interest lover amusing cheeky engaging dreamy heartwarming lighthearted paris france relationships love work destiny saleswomen love interest
A feud between families in 1870's rural France.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Austria
2008
121 Minutes
Johannes Krisch Andreas Lust Irina Potapenko Ursula Strauss Hannes Thanheiser Hanno Pöschl Michael-Joachim Heiss
ex-convict pimp prostitute grandfather wealthy woman police officer melodramatic bleak shocking prison austria small town brothel farmhouse police station crime small-town life friendship boredom dreams
Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Mexico
1990
124 Minutes
Kevin Costner Anthony Quinn Madeleine Stowe Tomas Milian Joaquín Martínez James Gammon Jesse Corti Sally Kirkland Miguel Ferrer
pilot crime boss wife henchman love interest passionate tense emotional mexico estate beach party airport cabin love triangle betrayal infidelity forbidden love friendship revenge
A retired US Navy pilot comes to Mexico, where he falls in love with the wife of a powerful businessman. The consequences will be cruel and unforeseen.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Italy|France|USA
2015
125 Minutes
Ralph Fiennes Dakota Johnson Matthias Schoenaerts Tilda Swinton Aurore Clément Lily McMenamy Elena Bucci Corrado Guzzanti
rock star filmmaker promoter daughter mayor police officer brooding engaging fiery melodramatic passionate uneasy italy past loves celebrity vacation jealousy nostalgia rock 'n' roll rivalry
The vacation of a famous rock star and her boyfriend in Italy is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Belgium|France
2014
93 Minutes
Lola Dueñas Laurent Lucas Héléna Noguerra Edith Le Merdy Anne-Marie Loop Stéphane Bissot David Murgia Renaud Rutten
woman gigolo man lover murder victim murderer emotional shocking passionate gory france online dating sex passion prostitution love rivalry sacrifice fall 2010s
Fervidly dark lovesick horror inspired by the real-life criminal duo, the Lonely Hearts Killers.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Drama
1959
108 Minutes
Gérard Philipe Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Valérie Annette Vadim Simone Renant Jean-Louis Trintignant
husband wife beautiful woman boyfriend mistress lover passionate tense sultry melodramatic paris ski resort france apartment love triangle infidelity schemes reputation lust jealousy
Affairs strewn from Paris to the Alps disintegrate a couple's (Gérard Philipe, Jeanne Moreau) marriage.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2013
158 Minutes
gangster lover murderer rival victim criminal bleak chilling disturbing engaging intense shocking india city hospital crime scene love power rivalry plot
After killing his mentor, a gangster comes into power to rule over Mumbai. In the process he falls for an aspiring actress, nevertheless he finds that his protege has fallen for her too which leads to enmity between them.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Ireland
2009
88 Minutes
Ciarán Hinds Aidan Quinn Iben Hjejle Jim Norton Eanna Hardwicke Hannah Lynch
widower writer brooding chilling frightening gripping seaside ireland town supernatural death love triangle writers grief love forbidden love transformation mystery 2000s
In a seaside Irish town, a widower sparks with a visiting horror novelist while he also begins to believe he is seeing ghosts.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Czech Republic
2006
110 Minutes
Edward Norton Paul Giamatti Jessica Biel Rufus Sewell Eddie Marsan Jake Wood Tom Fisher Karl Johnson Aaron Taylor-Johnson Eleanor Tomlinson
magician prince duchess love interest childhood sweetheart inspector dark suspenseful thrilling intense moving vienna mansion stage rivalry magic love triangle revenge assault conspiracy
In turn-of-the-century Vienna, a magician uses his abilities to secure the love of a woman far above his social standing.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Romance
India
2006
123 Minutes
Emraan Hashmi Kangana Ranaut Shiney Ahuja Gulshan Grover Hitanshu Lodhia Vicky Ahuja
young man young woman criminal dancer pregnant woman bleak thrilling intense gripping incredible powerful india city house bar seoul love triangle difficult choices difficult decision changed priorities
In Seoul, a gangster's alcoholic moll falls in love with another man.
Romance, Drama
Japan|France
2018
119 Minutes
Erika Karata Masahiro Higashide Sairi Itô Kôji Nakamoto Kôji Seto Misako Tanaka Daichi Watanabe Rio Yamashita
woman love interest ex-boyfriend friend businessman dreamy charming passionate emotional tender japan house road countryside lost love love triangle new love romance love adventure
Asako lives in Osaka. She falls in love with Baku, a free-spirit. One day, Baku suddenly disappears. Two years later, Asako now lives in Tokyo and meets Ryohei. He looks just like Baku, but has a completely different personality.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
USA
2018
105 Minutes
Chloë Sevigny Kristen Stewart Jamey Sheridan Fiona Shaw Kim Dickens Denis O'Hare Jeff Perry Jay Huguley
maid friend murderer father lover brooding intricate tense emotional uneasy massachusetts house forbidden love lizzie borden father/daughter relationship haunted houses murder trial forbidden love rivalry
A psychological thriller based on the infamous 1892 murders of Lizzie Andrew Borden's family.