20 movies like The Scribbler, ordered by similarity : A Quiet Place(2018), Renoir(2012), Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki(1984), Two Weeks(2006), The Commuter(2018), The Red Turtle(2016), Diane(2018), Fences(2016), Looking for Eric(2009), Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.(2003), Cyrus(2010), The Babadook(2014) ...
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2014
90 Minutes
Katie Cassidy Garret Dillahunt Michelle Trachtenberg Michael Imperioli Gina Gershon Sasha Grey Kunal Nayyar Ashlynn Yennie Eliza Dushku Billy Campbell Richard Riehle
patient young woman engaging halfway house multiple personalities suffering multiple personality disorder transformation
A young woman is facing her destructive multiple personalities using an experimental new procedure known as "The Siamese Burn."
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Emily Blunt John Krasinski Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Cade Woodward Leon Russom Rhoda Pell Evangelina Cavoli
man woman child monster alien son bleak dark eerie intense frightening farmhouse woods abandoned town house basement silo monsters survival a cappella
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Drama
France
2012
111 Minutes
Michel Bouquet Christa Théret Vincent Rottiers Thomas Doret Michèle Gleizer Laurent Poitrenaux Solène Rigot Hervé Briaux
artist painter young woman son beautiful woman sick person engaging emotional melodramatic heartwarming charming creative house spain relationships jealousy romance creative process art family
Set on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his ... See full summary »
Drama, Action
India
1984
180 Minutes
Mithun Chakraborty Smita Patil Salma Agha Amrish Puri Karan Razdan Yunus Parvez
young woman son father criminal sad emotional gripping intense tense india house estate murder marriage mother/son relationship revenge child abuse quest pursuit transformation
Aarti lives with her only son Avinash. When Avinash falls in love and decides to get married, she tells him the truth about his father's death.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2006
98 Minutes
Sally Field Ben Chaplin Tom Cavanagh Julianne Nicholson Glenn Howerton James Murtaugh Clea DuVall Michael Hyatt Susan Misner Jenny O'Hara
mother son daughter wife cancer patient engaging touching amusing bedroom house office suburb beach kitchen estrangement reunion terminal illness memories family reflection
In this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodbye. Instead, they find themselves trapped-- together -- for two weeks.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|UK|France|China|Canada|Spain
2018
104 Minutes
Liam Neeson Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson Jonathan Banks Sam Neill Elizabeth McGovern Florence Pugh Shazad Latif Letitia Wright Killian Scott Clara Lago
insurance salesman husband wife son mysterious woman stranger brooding crafty rousing suspenseful gripping thrilling train house train station train tracks mysterious strangers conspiracy train travel unlikely criminal
An action-thriller in which an insurance salesman/ex-cop is caught up in a life-threatening conspiracy during his daily commute home.
Animation, Adventure
France|Belgium|Japan|USA
2016
80 Minutes
castaway man turtle woman lover son charming creative emotional melodramatic fascinating heartwarming island shipwreck ship beach cave love relationships island life
A man is shipwrecked on a deserted island and encounters a red turtle, which changes his life.
Drama
2018
95 Minutes
Mary Kay Place Jake Lacy Estelle Parsons Andrea Martin Deirdre O'Connell Phyllis Somerville Celia Keenan-Bolger Ray Iannicelli
woman son drug addict volunteer sick person uneasy tense emotional profound amusing touching hospital house bar church homeless shelter secret past troubled past self-sacrifice drug addiction
A woman fills her days helping others and desperately attempting to bond with her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.
Drama
USA|Canada
2016
133 Minutes
Denzel Washington Viola Davis Stephen McKinley Henderson Jovan Adepo Russell Hornsby Mykelti Williamson Saniyya Sidney Christopher Mele Leslie Boone Jason Silvis
sanitation worker son recruiter football player mother emotional engaging heartwarming touching american south house backyard bar failure family dysfunction success dreams deferred illiteracy escape growing up
A working-class African-American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life.
Drama, Comedy
UK|France|Italy|Belgium|Spain
2009
116 Minutes
Steve Evets Stephanie Bishop Gerard Kearns Stefan Gumbs Lucy-Jo Hudson Cole Williams Dylan Williams Matthew McNulty Laura Ainsworth Max Beesley Kelly Bowland
postal worker son daughter eric cantona gangster ex-wife amusing emotional engaging hospital house post office england soccer family parenthood divorce responsibility hard times discovery
Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
India
2003
146 Minutes
Sunil Dutt Sanjay Dutt Gracy Singh Arshad Warsi Rohini Hattangadi Boman Irani Jimmy Sheirgill
father mother son gangster childhood friend doctor india village city house bungalow hospital wish fulfillment cheating lying college admission doctor-patient relationship father/son relationship love rivalry
A gangster sets out to fulfill his father's dream of becoming a doctor.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2010
91 Minutes
Jay Duplass John C. Reilly Jonah Hill Marisa Tomei Catherine Keener Matt Walsh Diane Mizota Kathy Wittes Katie Aselton
man son mother girlfriend ex-wife hilarious emotional quirky house party park mother/child relationship moving dating marriage loneliness competition love rivalry quest
John and Molly, a divorced middle aged man and a single mother meet at a friends party and start up a small relationship, all John has to do now is meet Molly's son... Cyrus
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, 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.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
102 Minutes
Amy Adams Emily Blunt Alan Arkin Jason Spevack Steve Zahn Mary Lynn Rajskub Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez Eric Christian Olsen Kevin Chapman
woman sister son sweetheart father creative offbeat engaging new mexico crime scene household apartment death family dysfunction eccentricity working class hope love sacrifice transformation
In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business -- a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service -- with her unreliable sister.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
2017
106 Minutes
Mi Yang Wallace Huo Chin Shih-Chieh Liu Chang Lidan Wang Yihan Zhang Hee-won Kim Guangxu Luo Youjin Chen
mother son scientist thrilling sultry rousing gripping engaging parallel universe laboratory time travel kidnapping science fiction pursuit rescue 2010s
Scientist Xia Tian's hard work finally pays off when she successfully sends living tissue back through time by 110 minutes. When her son dies at the hands of kidnappers, she sends herself back through time on a frantic mission to prevent his death.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
USA
2001
91 Minutes
Sam Neill William H. Macy Tea Leoni Alessandro Nivola Trevor Morgan Michael Jeter John Diehl Bruce A. Young Laura Dern Taylor Nichols Mark Harelik
father scientist mercenary guide son dinosaur suspenseful frenetic intense thrilling engaging island jungle aviary compound airplane wilderness dinosaurs animal attack plane crash
A decidedly odd couple with ulterior motives convince Dr. Grant to go to Isla Sorna for a holiday, but their unexpected landing startles the island's new inhabitants.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1990
109 Minutes
Jeff Daniels Harley Jane Kozak John Goodman Julian Sands Stuart Pankin Brian McNamara Mark L. Taylor Henry Jones Peter Jason James Handy Roy Brocksmith
doctor wife son exterminator scientist photographer creepy quirky amusing california house basement fear father/son relationship moving spiders death transformation mystery escape
A species of South American killer spider hitches a lift to the U.S. in a coffin and starts to breed and kill.
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, Sci-Fi
USA
2017
99 Minutes
Brian Krause Kevin Grevioux Louis Herthum Jaimi Paige Callie Thorne Jared Abrahamson Noell Coet Michelle Hurd Michael Leone Sade Kimora Young Kevin M. Horton
husband wife son creature ghost enemy engaging emotional gripping suspenseful melodramatic shocking pennsylvania house bedroom dream vs. reality nightmares danger fear family
Not long after John Chambers and his family arrive at their new home in a small country town of Pennsylvania, John begins to experience sleep paralysis. Lying there paralyzed, trapped ... See full summary »
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.