20 movies like Painted Skin: The Resurrection, ordered by similarity : Woodpeckers(2017), Thelma(2017), Mean Dreams(2016), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), Seduced(2016), Maze(2017), Border(2018), Get the Gringo(2012), Bon Voyage(2003), Henry's Crime(2010), The Moon-Spinners(1964), Jallikattu(2019) ...
Mystery & Thriller
2012
131 Minutes
Xun Zhou Kun Chen Wei Zhao Mi Yang Shaofeng Feng Morgan Benoit Kris Phillips Tingjia Chen
fox princess guard disfigured person love interest spirit fascinating gripping engaging incredible prison kingdom love supernatural seduction beauty escape battle underdog adventure
Xiaowei searches for a freely given heart in order to become human, while Princess Jing dons a man's armor to search for her true love.
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Norway|France|Denmark|Sweden
2017
116 Minutes
Eili Harboe Kaya Wilkins Henrik Rafaelsen Ellen Dorrit Petersen Grethe Eltervåg Ingrid Giæver Oskar Pask Anders Mossling Steinar Klouman Hallert
student young woman supernatural being friend victim love interest chilling dense fascinating gripping intense uneasy oslo college library home outdoors forest supernatural unexplained phenomenon
A confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2016
105 Minutes
Josh Wiggins Sophie Nélisse Bill Paxton Colm Feore Vickie Papavs Joe Cobden Ryan Blakely George Buza
boy teenager girl corrupt cop abusive father love interest romantic interest thrilling engaging tense suspenseful united states money escape on the run romance love young love desperation adventure
Follows Casey and Jonas, two teenagers desperate to escape their broken and abusive homes and examines the desperation of life on the run and the beauty of first love.
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, 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, 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.
Horror, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
Sweden|Denmark
2018
108 Minutes
Eva Melander Eero Milonoff Viktor Åkerblom Matti Boustedt Jörgen Thorsson Andreas Kundler Rakel Wärmlander Ann Petrén
customs official traveler stranger co-worker animal love interest emotional endearing engaging uneasy moving tense airport office interrogation room house forest lake unlikely romance nature
A customs officer who can smell fear develops an unusual attraction to a strange traveler while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence.
Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Mexico
2012
96 Minutes
Mel Gibson Daniel Giménez Cacho Jesús Ochoa Roberto Sosa Dolores Heredia Kevin Hernandez Peter Stormare Dean Norris Bob Gunton Scott Cohen Patrick Bauchau
bank robber american mexican border patrol officer gangster young boy engaging gripping moving amusing playful brutal mexico prison robbery bank robbery relationships gangsters organ harvesting fear
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a young boy.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Drama
France
2003
114 Minutes
Isabelle Adjani Gérard Depardieu Virginie Ledoyen Yvan Attal Gregori Derangere Peter Coyote Jean-Marc Stehle Nicolas Vaude Aurore Clément Xavier De Guillebon Édith Scob
actress government official prisoner german writer student charming witty spirited bordeaux, france hotel theater prison paris german occupation relationships love interest death world war ii discovery
An actress, a writer, a student, and a government worker band together in an effort to escape Paris as the Nazis move into the city.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Action, Drama
USA
2010
108 Minutes
Keanu Reeves James Caan Vera Farmiga Judy Greer Peter Stormare Fisher Stevens Bill Duke Currie Graham David Costabile Danny Hoch
bank robber actress prisoner ex-wife thief woman amusing charming witty lighthearted melodramatic emotional united states prison bank bank robbery love love interest money prison
Released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, an ex-con targets the same bank he was sent away for robbing.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
118 Minutes
Hayley Mills Eli Wallach Peter McEnery Pola Negri Joan Greenwood Irene Papas Sheila Hancock Michael Davis Paul Stassino John Le Mesurier Andre Morell
young woman aunt criminal hotel owner love interest wealthy woman engaging gripping moving suspenseful thrilling crete island crime scene yacht church hotel cover-up jewel smuggling romance
A teenager encounters romance, intrigue and a search for stolen jewels during her visit to the island of Crete.
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Horror
India
2019
91 Minutes
Sabumon Abdusamad Chemban Vinod Jose Antony Varghese
butcher buffalo father bride police officer gripping intense thrilling village india animal slaughter escape love triangle capture adventure forbidden love love pursuit 21st century
A portrait of a remote village where a buffalo escapes and causes a frenzy of ecstatic violence.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Romania|France|Italy|Germany
2007
125 Minutes
professor old man young man doctor nazi love interest incredible intricate dense passionate romania switzerland india bulgaria malta hospital aging time youth supernatural
A love story wrapped in a mystery. Set in World War II Europe, a professor is changed by a cataclysmic event and explores the mysteries of life.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
Germany|France|Luxembourg|UK|USA
2015
110 Minutes
Emma Watson Daniel Brühl Michael Nyqvist Richenda Carey Vicky Krieps Jeanne Werner Julian Ovenden August Zirner Martin Wuttke César Bordón Nicolás Barsoff
prisoner cult leader young woman love interest militant rebel bleak disturbing emotional frightening gutsy powerful sad chile cult headquarters prison embassy military coup cult love
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2019
131 Minutes
Keanu Reeves Halle Berry Ian McShane Laurence Fishburne Mark Dacascos Asia Kate Dillon Lance Reddick Tobias Segal Anjelica Huston Saïd Taghmaoui Jerome Flynn
assassin hitman goon love interest partner thrilling intense gripping confident cool unrestrained new york city apartment street grand central station times square bounty assassination attempt on the run fight to the death
John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassins' guild, and with a $14 million price tag on his head, he is the target of hit men and women everywhere.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
UK|USA|Australia
2015
118 Minutes
Cate Blanchett Rooney Mara Sarah Paulson Jake Lacy John Magaro Cory Michael Smith Carrie Brownstein Kevin Crowley Nik Pajic Kyle Chandler
woman love interest divorcée romantic interest lover daughter mother photographer gay/lesbian emotional engaging endearing sad powerful tense united states manhattan new york new york city department store
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman in 1950s New York.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
2019
99 Minutes
Jai Courtney Nat Wolff Finn Wittrock Beau Knapp Arturo Castro Leighton Meester Rachel Hendrix Wayne Péré Ashton Leigh Sylvia Grace Crim Lance E. Nichols
cop prisoner half brother love interest friend frenetic gripping intense prison home small town wrongful conviction loyalty family love prison break escape rescue sacrifice 2010s
A police officer who serves in the Marine Corps Reserves is faced with an ethical dilemma when it comes to helping his brother in prison.
Mystery & Thriller
France|USA
1973
150 Minutes
Steve McQueen Dustin Hoffman Victor Jory Don Gordon Anthony Zerbe Robert Deman Woodrow Parfrey Bill Mumy George Coulouris Ratna Assan William Smithers
convict forger prisoner doctor indian nun gritty brutal dark fiery tense emotional french guiana prison camp cell jungle colombia devil's island imprisonment escape
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
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.