20 movies like The Tall Man, ordered by similarity : The School(2018), A Simple Favor(2018), Never Let Go(2015), The Babadook(2014), Kidnap(2017), Hereditary(2018), It(2017), A Dark Place(2018), The Beacon(2009), The Crimson Rivers(2000), Mother(2009), Mark of an Angel(2008) ...
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
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.
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.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Morocco|Spain|UK
2015
93 Minutes
Angela Dixon Nigel Whitmey Lisa Eichhorn Velibor Topic Heather Peace Rami Nasr Samantha Bolter Michael Xavier
single mother baby child heroine kidnapped child kidnapper hero police captain chilling dark emotional frenetic gripping intense powerful shocking united states morocco spain city
A single mother on vacation, takes the law into her own hands to take back her abducted child.
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.
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
USA
2018
127 Minutes
Toni Collette Gabriel Byrne Alex Wolff Ann Dowd Milly Shapiro Mallory Bechtel Brock McKinney Christy Summerhays
art gallerist mother daughter son husband thrilling suspenseful gory frightening profound fascinating art gallery haunted house woods mysterious past legacy horror mysterious deaths family secrets darkness
A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
135 Minutes
Jaeden Martell Jeremy Ray Taylor Sophia Lillis Finn Wolfhard Chosen Jacobs Jack Dylan Grazer Wyatt Oleff Bill Skarsgård Nicholas Hamilton Jake Sim Logan Thompson
clown victim killer child friend sibling brooding chilling disturbing frightening suspenseful uneasy derry, maine sewer house school woods horror monsters evil
An estranged family gathers together in New York City for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
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
USA
2009
98 Minutes
Teri Polo David Rees Snell Elaine Hendrix Nick Sowell Marnette Patterson Michael Ironside Ken Howard
parent death ghost parapsychologist police officer child thrilling creepy dark emotional shocking suspenseful united states texas dallas villa mansion home childhood trauma death of child
A bipolar, small-time scam artist gets mixed up with some wacky pornographers and takes on the run after being falsely accused of a murder.
Mystery & Thriller
France
2000
106 Minutes
Jean Reno Vincent Cassel Nadia Farès Dominique Sanda Karim Belkhadra Jean-Pierre Cassel Didier Flamand François Levantal Francine Bergé Philippe Nahon Laurent Lafitte
investigator scientist victim colleague inspector dean creepy dark gory suspenseful thrilling intricate france alps university small town cave mountain murder case mystery
A murder detective must follow the footsteps of a brutal killer within the secrets of a classist college.
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, Drama
2008
95 Minutes
Catherine Frot Sandrine Bonnaire Wladimir Yordanoff Antoine Chappey Michel Aumont Sophie Quinton Michela Moretti Héloïse Cunin
mother daughter ex-husband son kidnapper parent dark melodramatic gripping intricate household ice-skating rink pharmacy pool france mother/child relationship loss depression mysterious deaths switched identities
An obsessive woman (Catherine Frot) believes that a 7-year-old (Héloïse Cunin) is her long-dead daughter.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|France|Canada
2009
92 Minutes
Mischa Barton Cameron Bright Deborah Kara Unger Pascal Greggory Darla Biccum Eugene Clark Noam Jenkins Sophi Knight
demolition expert tenant mother son squatter suspenseful thrilling frightening united states rural community apartment building house condemned building haunted houses serial murders ghosts demolition displacement urban legends mystery
Supervising the razing of a mysterious building, a demolition company rep discovers past inhabitants entombed within its walls by a vicious murderer. Now she must turn the tables on the killer before she becomes his latest victim.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2015
95 Minutes
Luis Tosar Goya Toledo Javier Gutiérrez Pedro Alonso Fernando Cayo Elvira Mínguez Antonio Mourelos María Mera Ricardo de Barreiro Luis Zahera
banker father child blackmailer psychopath son suspenseful thrilling intense gory brooding car street city helicopter docks bank blackmail bomb police pursuit
Breakfast, kiss to his wife, take the children to the school, a bomb under the car, one neverending day ahead.
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2018
95 Minutes
Amanda Schull Milo Ventimiglia Shawn Ashmore Bridget Regan Jonathan Frakes Spencer Drever Adam Hurtig Javier Botet
fbi agent police officer recluse monster missing wife missing person gory gripping suspenseful dark frightening tense haunted house countryside basement car barn living room evil monsters
Seeking a missing woman in North Dakota, an FBI agent and a sheriff focus on her religious zealot husband but discover something far more sinister.
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, Horror
Colombia
2019
88 Minutes
Jennifer Hyde Tigre Haller Kate Benson Fiona Horsey
disabled person half sister mother bleak brooding dark disturbing emotional frightening intense powerful sad shocking suspenseful tense thrilling new york state united states family secrets affair
A disabled man is haunted by the torture he suffered as a child when his terminally ill half-sister returns to their small Upstate New York town seeking answers to why their mother ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
2016
110 Minutes
Riz Ahmed Billie Piper James Floyd Cush Jumbo Roshan Seth Vincent Regan Danny Webb Damson Idris Branko Tomovic George Sargeant Hannah Rae
missing person investigator religious fanatic brooding tense suspenseful shocking thrilling london england united kingdom missing persons religious fanaticism investigation political intrigue discovery mystery pursuit 2010s
In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1982
114 Minutes
Craig T. Nelson JoBeth Williams Beatrice Straight Dominique Dunne Oliver Robins Heather O'Rourke Zelda Rubinstein Martin Casella Richard Lawson Michael McManus Virginia Kiser
father mother daughter son child parapsychologist creepy chilling fascinating frightening california household abduction ghosts television possession exorcism mystery transformation pursuit
A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.