20 movies like Hierro, ordered by similarity : A Simple Favor(2018), Terror by Night(1946), The School(2018), Tell Me Your Name(2018), Kidnap(2017), The Babadook(2014), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Red Riding: 1983(2009), The Orphanage(2007), The Monitor(2011), Time Without Pity(1957), Domain(2017) ...
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2009
91 Minutes
Elena Anaya Hugo Arbues Jon Ariño Miriam Correa Tomás Del Estal Andrés Herrera Javier Mejía Kaiet Rodriguez Raquel Salvador
son boy single mother suspenseful body shipwreck fear disappearance truth mystery
After her son goes missing, a broken mother returns months later to the island of El Hierro to identify a body. She finds out her son is not the only one missing.
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
USA
1946
60 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Alan Mowbray Dennis Hoey Renee Godfrey Mary Forbes Billy Bevan Frederick Worlock Leland Hodgson Geoffrey Steele Boyd Davis
sherlock holmes doctor watson major son lady villain suspenseful crafty london train station train compartment car jewelry theft murder false accusations impersonation mother/son relationship investigation mystery
When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Australia|United Arab Emirates
2018
87 Minutes
Nicholas Hope Milly Alcock Will McDonald Megan Drury Texas Watterston Jack Ruwald Alexia Santosuosso Leah Ashwood Jasper Lloyd Sassy Soupidis Christian Willis
doctor mother son missing person child student frightening shocking thrilling dark creepy eerie bathtub school classroom search desperation horror missing persons mysterious strangers
When a doctor looking for her missing child awakens to find herself in an abandoned school, she must survive the supernatural terror and face her own demons if she is to find the truth about where her son is.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
2018
89 Minutes
Sydney Sweeney Jessica Barth Matt Dallas Madison Lintz Heather DeVan Bruce Davison Donna Biscoe Kyla Deaver Patrick R. Walker Ahmed Lucan Tristan DeVan
young girl aunt dead person missing person demon mother brutal shocking gripping bleak suspenseful intense small town dark secrets family demonic possession danger fear horror mystery
After a troubled childhood, Ashley searches for a connection and unknowingly becomes connected to a demonic force.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2017
82 Minutes
Halle Berry Sage Correa Chris McGinn Lew Temple Kristin McKenzie Christopher Berry Jason George Arron Shiver
single mother son kidnapped child police officer kidnapper mother intense gripping gutsy tense suspenseful powerful park freeway car police station vehicle amusement park kidnapping single mothers
A mother stops at nothing to recover her kidnapped son.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Australia|Canada
2014
93 Minutes
Essie Davis Daniel Henshall Noah Wiseman Hayley McElhinney Barbara West Cathy Adamek Benjamin Winspear Craig Behenna
widow son monster intense somber thrilling shocking suspenseful brutal house child's room bedroom depression children's book monsters mother/son relationship fear horror films transformation mystery
A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK
2018
93 Minutes
Robert Redford Casey Affleck Sissy Spacek Danny Glover Tom Waits Tika Sumpter Ari Elizabeth Johnson Teagan Johnson Gene Jones John David Washington Barlow Jacobs
prisoner prison guard bank robber wife detective escape artist amusing gutsy bleak suspenseful tense california san quentin penitentiary prison bank car escape bank heist life story prison
Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
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.
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
Norway|Germany|Sweden
2011
96 Minutes
Noomi Rapace Kristoffer Joner Vetle Qvenild Werring Stig R. Amdam Maria Bock Henrik Rafaelsen Tom Hugo Nielsen Mona Engh
son mother baby suspenseful texas murder fear fresh start mystery
After a baby monitor picks up another channel, Anna begins reliving the nightmare she'd recently escaped.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1957
88 Minutes
father convict girlfriend wealthy man wife son suspenseful dark melodramatic london england countryside prison mansion courtroom murder investigation wrongfully accused father/son relationship vigilantism cover-up
The day before a young man is to be executed for killing his girlfriend, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
2017
97 Minutes
Britt Lower Ryan Merriman William Gregory Lee Kevin Sizemore Nick Gomez Sonja Sohn Cedric Sanders Beth Grant
survivor missing person sick person captive captor bleak brooding uneasy thrilling gripping unrestrained bunker room cell survival isolation virus disappearance relationships mystery
The survivors of a global virus are forced to live alone in bunkers. They communicate through a networked video interface, but their new social ecosystem is threatened when, one by one, they begin vanishing from their bunkers.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2003
77 Minutes
Karl Geary Alexis Dziena Keith Robinson Rebecca Mader Amanda Plummer John Kapelos Lance Henriksen Nick Phillips
recluse neighbor mother sister mutant beautiful woman suspenseful chilling frightening apartment city neighborhood epidemic voyeurism mystery supernatural disappearance dysfunction escape metamorphosis
While taking photographs through his window, an invalid (Karl Geary) witnesses an attack by a giant, carnivorous cockroach.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
2018
89 Minutes
Andrew Scott Bronagh Waugh Christa Beth Campbell J.D. Evermore Catherine Dyer Sandra Ellis Lafferty Jason Davis Griff Furst
garbage collector boy detective single father suspect mother engaging gripping suspenseful thrilling brooding gritty town office small town united states forest crime scene missing persons mysterious deaths
When a young boy goes missing in a sleepy backwoods town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2014
90 Minutes
Tyler Mane Muse Watson Derek Mears Leslie Easterbrook Susan Angelo Jelly Howie Daniel Roebuck Todd Farmer Renae Geerlings Alex Saxon
man sister murder victim son father ghost bleak shocking thrilling brutal suspenseful engaging murder horror family dysfunction father/son relationship fear escape mystery pursuit
Michael left home when he was a teenager and never looked back. Now, after the death of his sister, Chloe, he's returning home with his fiancee Juliette and his angst ridden nephew Brandon.... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
Canada|France
2012
106 Minutes
Jessica Biel Jodelle Ferland Stephen McHattie William B. Davis Samantha Ferris Jakob Davies Colleen Wheeler Eve Harlow Janet Wright Ferne Downey John Mann
mother missing person child kidnapper investigator frightening thrilling suspenseful dark united states small town forest warehouse road street missing persons mystery abduction paranormal lost
When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2015
86 Minutes
Ali Larter Arjun Gupta Max Rose Chloe Perrin Kurt Carley Merrin Dungey Patrick Fischler Wilmer Calderon Tom Wright Laura Margolis Joe Egender
single mother mother ghost spirit boyfriend enemy brutal shocking thrilling suspenseful gripping creepy house demons danger horror evil spirits adventure discovery quest
A single mother, and her children, are awoken nightly by an intense presence. She asks her scientist boyfriend to destroy the violent spirit, that paranormal experts are too frightened to take on.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1998
109 Minutes
Vince Vaughn Anne Heche Julianne Moore Viggo Mortensen William H. Macy Robert Forster Philip Baker Hall Anne Haney Chad Everett Rance Howard Rita Wilson
norman bates detective mother young woman boyfriend sister shocking brutal frightening creepy bates motel road car dealership office family home arizona serial murders unlikely criminal multiple personalities murder investigation
A young female embezzler arrives at the Bates Motel, which has terrible secrets of its own.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Sports & Fitness
2015
120 Minutes
Tony Jaa Jing Wu Jin Zhang Louis Koo Simon Yam Ken Lo Philip Keung Jun Kung Aaron Chow Babyjohn Choi
undercover cop prisoner gang members prison guard daughter thrilling gritty suspenseful tense prison thailand hong kong crime pursuit 2010s
When his cover gets blown, a Hong Kong cop (Wu Jing) lands in a Thai prison where the warden (Zhang Jin) works with a criminal mastermind (Louis Koo) to harvest organs.