20 movies like Compulsion, ordered by similarity : Widows(2018), Lizzie(2018), Mary(2005), Haunt(2014), Rebecca(1940), Breaking In(2018), Custody(2017), Shifty(2008), First Reformed(2017), Sicario(2015), Always Shine(2016), The Lighthouse(2019) ...
Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2013
88 Minutes
Heather Graham Carrie-Anne Moss Kevin Dillon Joe Mantegna Kate Trotter Daiva Johnston Theresa Joy James McGowan Natalie Brown Katie Douglas Jean Yoon
food actress chef emotional house kitchen neighbors hobby addiction transformation
The lives of two female neighbors intersect when their individual obsessions begin to unravel.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK|USA
2018
128 Minutes
Viola Davis Colin Farrell Michelle Rodriguez Elizabeth Debicki Cynthia Erivo Brian Tyree Henry Daniel Kaluuya Jacki Weaver Robert Duvall Liam Neeson Garret Dillahunt
police officer widow thief driver crime boss thug emotional tense thrilling uneasy gripping gutsy chicago house shooting gallery funeral warehouse gym heist loss
Four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities take fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2005
86 Minutes
Juliette Binoche Forest Whitaker Matthew Modine Heather Graham Marion Cotillard Stefania Rocca Marco Leonardi Luca Lionello
actress mary magdalene director emotional jerusalem new york city transformation plays search transformation
An actress (Juliette Binoche) undergoes a spiritual transformation after playing Mary Magdalene in a film.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2014
86 Minutes
Harrison Gilbertson Liana Liberato Jacki Weaver Ione Skye Danielle Chuchran Jan Broberg Jarrod Phillips Sebastian Michael Barr
teenager neighbor father mother demon supernatural being disturbing shocking thrilling dark somber raw haunted house neighborhood garden chamber haunted houses dark secrets supernatural horror
An introvert teen befriends his new neighbor, and together the couple begin to explore the haunted house that his family has just purchased.
Mystery & Thriller
1940
130 Minutes
Laurence Olivier Joan Fontaine Judith Anderson George Sanders Nigel Bruce Reginald Denny C. Aubrey Smith Gladys Cooper Florence Bates Leo G. Carroll Melville Cooper
widower housekeeper husband wife bride dark suspenseful emotional mansion england cabin death fire obsession betrayal deception suicide transformation mystery 1940s
A British gentleman's (Laurence Olivier) innocent bride (Joan Fontaine) grapples with intrusive reminders of his deceased wife.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Japan
2018
88 Minutes
Gabrielle Union Billy Burke Richard Cabral Ajiona Alexus Levi Meaden Seth Carr Mark Furze Jason George Christa Miller Damien Leake
son daughter mother intruder hostage brash brutal thrilling tender unrestrained house yard kitchen safe house garage roof hostage situation rivalry mother/child relationship ransom
A woman fights to protect her family during a home invasion.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
94 Minutes
Denis Menochet Léa Drucker Thomas Gioria Mathilde Auneveux Mathieu Saïkaly Florence Janas Saadia Bentaïeb Sophie Pincemaille Émilie Incerti-Formentini Jérome Care-Aulanier Coralie Russier
divorce divorce lawyer son mother father family member emotional intense tense disheartening office party bus house car apartment custody battle divorce family feud growing up
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
2008
86 Minutes
Riz Ahmed Daniel Mays Jason Flemyng Nitin Ganatra Jay Simpson Dannielle Brent Francesca Annis Kate Groombridge Jason Maza Jordan Long Rory Jennings
drug dealer drug addict brother man friend emotional engaging gripping intense suspenseful tense thrilling uneasy unrestrained london drug addiction drug trade drugs family relationships
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|UK|Australia
2017
113 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Amanda Seyfried Philip Ettinger Cedric Kyles Michael Gaston Victoria Hill Van Hansis Satchel Eden Bell
reverend pregnant woman husband wife suicidal person activist bleak dark uneasy emotional gritty unrestrained small town house garage church tragic death suicide church corruption
A minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA|Mexico|Hong Kong
2015
121 Minutes
Emily Blunt Benicio Del Toro Josh Brolin Victor Garber Jon Bernthal Daniel Kaluuya Jeffrey Donovan Raoul Trujillo Julio Cesar Cedillo Bernardo Saracino
fbi agent government official hit man drug czar police officer mexican brooding emotional intense bleak thrilling mexican-american border car warehouse street drug house hotel drugs assassination surveillance
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2016
87 Minutes
Mackenzie Davis Caitlin Fitzgerald Lawrence Michael Levine Khan Baykal Alexander Koch Colleen Camp Jane Adams Michael Lowry
actress best friend waitress partygoer vacationer director brooding emotional intense resort ocean restaurant party forest bedroom friendship jealousy acting resentment betrayal
Two women, with differing degrees of success, travel north from Los Angeles to Big Sur for a weekend vacation. Both see the trip as an opportunity to reconnect after years of competition and jealousy have driven a wedge between them.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada|USA|Brazil
2019
110 Minutes
Robert Pattinson Willem Dafoe Valeriia Karaman Logan Hawkes Shaun R. Clarke Kyla Nicolle Preston Hudson Jeff Cruts
lighthouse keeper man dark disturbing frightening gripping new england lighthouse loneliness isolation isolationism escape metamorphosis rivalry transformation 1890s
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2018
100 Minutes
Gabriela Muskala Lukasz Simlat Malgorzata Buczkowska Piotr Skiba Halina Rasiakowna Zbigniew Walerys Dariusz Chojnacki Iwo Rajski Klara Bielawka Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
amnesiac mother daughter wife family member friend gripping raw emotional intricate tense forest hospital house beach train tracks train station amnesia starting over going home
Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free-spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her former family to assume against her will her role as wife, mother, and daughter to people who are strangers to her.
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, Drama
Spain
2009
128 Minutes
Penélope Cruz Lluís Homar Blanca Portillo José Luis Gómez Tamar Novas Rubén Ochandiano Marta Aledo Agustín Almodóvar Enrique Aparicio Yuyi Beringola Javier Coll
stockbroker director producer actress son filmmaker melodramatic suspenseful intricate movie set house office funeral love triangle revenge death father/son relationship the past jealousy discovery
Harry Caine, a blind writer, reaches this moment in time when he has to heal his wounds from 14 years back. He was then still known by his real name, Mateo Blanco, and directing his last movie.
Mystery & Thriller
France|Italy
1969
110 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Catherine Deneuve Nelly Borgeaud Martine Ferrière Marcel Berbert Yves Drouhet Michel Bouquet Roland Thenot
mail-order bride wealthy man planter con artist private investigator wife winsome tense emotional island south of france household reunion aix-en-provence, france scam robbery on the run assumed identity husband/wife relationship betrayal
A wealthy plantation owner is captivated by a mysterious woman with a shady past.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2018
103 Minutes
Julia Roberts Lucas Hedges Courtney B. Vance Kathryn Newton Rachel Bay Jones David Zaldivar Alexandra Park Michael Esper Tim Guinee Myra Lucretia Taylor Mia Fowler
young man mother sister friend addict drug smuggler intense gripping emotional rousing brooding sad family home suburbia neighborhood small town substance abuse drug addiction family dysfunction family ties
A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve.
Mystery & Thriller
India
2012
139 Minutes
Aamir Khan Rani Mukherji Kareena Kapoor Nawazuddin Siddiqui Shernaz Patel Rajkummar Rao Vivan Bhatena Aditi Vasudev Subrat Dutta Pariva Pranati Gulfam Khan
young man young woman police officer wife prostitute gripping engaging emotional powerful sad mumbai, india india city house police station brothel murder investigation death police work
Inspector Surjan Shekhawat, who is dealing with a depressing past, has to investigate a high profile murder case, deal with his crumbling marriage and use the help and solace of a prostitute by the name of Rosie.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK
2017
89 Minutes
Ruth Wilson Mark Stanley Sean Bean Esme Creed-Miles Aiden McCullough Shane Attwooll Steve Garti Una McNulty Dean Andrews Jonah Russell Joe Dempsie
father farmer daughter brother estranged brother friend emotional intricate tense solemn intense farm house barn pasture estrangement family business family feud farming mysterious past
Following the death of her father, Alice (Ruth Wilson) returns to her home village for the first time in 15 years, to claim the tenancy to the family farm she believes is rightfully hers.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Comedy, Drama
Belgium|France|Spain
2005
122 Minutes
José Garcia Karin Viard Olivier Gourmet Ulrich Tukur Yvon Back Thierry Hancisse Geordy Monfils Christa Théret Olga Grumberg Yolande Moreau Dieudonné Kabongo
unemployed person wife executive police detective son husband dark emotional amusing suspenseful suburb motel house europe unemployment murder capitalism desperation financial crisis marriage
A chemist (Garcia) loses his job to outsourcing. Two years later and still jobless, he hits on a solution: to genuinely eliminate his competition.