20 movies like Careful What You Wish For, ordered by similarity : Thelma(2017), Seduced(2016), The Big Sleep(1946), Cloud 9(2008), Witness for the Prosecution(1957), A Haunting At Silver Falls(2013), Border(2018), Double Lover(2017), The Lodgers(2017), Spiral(2007), Mean Dreams(2016), Murder 3(2013) ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
91 Minutes
Nick Jonas Isabel Lucas Paul Sorvino Kandyse McClure Graham Rogers Dermot Mulroney Kiki Harris Marc Macaulay Alex ter Avest
young man banker wife sheriff insurance investigator disturbing gripping suspenseful thrilling uneasy small town boat lake house hotel united kingdom first love love triangle murder growing up betrayal
A guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
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, 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, Crime, Drama
USA
1946
114 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Lauren Bacall Martha Vickers John Ridgely Louis Jean Heydt Elisha Cook Jr. Regis Toomey Sonia Darrin Bob Steele Tommy Rafferty Dorothy Malone
philip marlowe father daughter bookseller casino owner dense thrilling intricate gripping los angeles mansion casino bookstore murder mystery love blackmail vice mystery love
Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Tyrone Power Marlene Dietrich Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester John Williams Henry Daniell Ian Wolfe Una O'Connor Torin Thatcher Francis Compton Norma Varden
lawyer wife defendant prosecutor nurse witness gripping crafty courtroom trial love triangle love-hate relationship betrayal murder investigation mystery rivalry love temptation 1950s
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
96 Minutes
Alix Elizabeth Gitter James Ralph Erick Avari Steve Bacic Jade Ramsey James C. Burns Nikita Ramsey Tadhg Kelly Tara Westwood James Cavlo
orphan uncle young girl murder victim murderer ghost creepy dark dreamy suspenseful touching thrilling united states countryside country house village small town murder murder investigation ghosts
A small town is haunted by the twin daughters of a wrongfully convicted man. Young Jordan is sent down the path to who the real killer is, only to find the killer is very close to her.
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.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
France|Belgium
2017
108 Minutes
Marine Vacth Jérémie Renier Jacqueline Bisset Dominique Reymond Myriam Boyer Jean-Edouard Bodziak Jean-Paul Muel Pascal Aubert
young woman psychologist twin lover patient partner bleak disturbing engaging gripping intense suspenseful paris therapist's office home city love psychiatry paranoia hallucinations
Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Ireland
2017
93 Minutes
Charlotte Vega Bill Milner Eugene Simon David Bradley Deirdre O'Kane Moe Dunford Roisin Murphy Brendan O'Rourke Emmet Kelly Anthony Murphy Jack O'Malley
orphan twin outcast veteran supernatural being parent dark disturbing uneasy emotional frightening tense ireland house haunted house lake countryside small town incest rule breaking
A family curse confines orphaned twins Rachel and Edwards to their home, in punishment for their ancestors' sins. Bound to the rules of a haunting childhood lullaby, the twins must never let any outsiders inside the house.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2007
90 Minutes
Joel David Moore Amber Tamblyn Zachary Levi Tricia Helfer David Muller
man assistant co-worker thrilling moving suspenseful united states emotion love secret past life struggle love metamorphosis growing up 21st century
A shy man with emotional problems befriends a co-worker whose love could give him a normal life, if he can overcome his dark past.
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.
Mystery & Thriller
India
2013
124 Minutes
photographer girlfriend missing girl investigator suspect bleak creepy emotional engaging gripping shocking india secret room home apartment missing persons investigation jealousy relationships love
A hot-shot fashion and wildlife photographer Vikram gets into a relationship with Nisha. She moves in with him in his palatial house outside of the city. The old world house, made decades ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
91 Minutes
Matt Lanter Sara Paxton Alice Evans Darin Brooks Randy Wayne Gillian Zinser Torrance Coombs Tim Phillipps Tiffany Mulheron
friend young woman young man murder victim suspect stalker bleak disturbing frightening intense shocking uneasy london apartment crime scene interrogation room police station unintended consequences games love
On New Year's eve in London, a provocative game spins out of control and ends in murder, the true killer elusive amidst conflicting testimony and hidden motives.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
111 Minutes
Ingrid Bergman Gregory Peck Michael Chekhov Leo G. Carroll Rhonda Fleming John Emery Norman Lloyd Bill Goodwin Steven Geray Donald Curtis Wallace Ford
doctor impostor detective psychoanalyst dense gripping suspenseful intricate vermont new york city mental institution ski resort amnesia psychoanalysis murder love deception quest love mystery
A psychiatrist protects the identity of an amnesia patient accused of murder while attempting to recover his memory.
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
Singapore|USA
2017
90 Minutes
Jack Cutmore-Scott Lili Simmons Brandon Scott Chase Williamson Noureen DeWulf Kahyun Kim Christine Donlon Seth Morris
young man young woman friend boss creepy disturbing gripping intense uneasy united states apartment office bar dating sex obsession growing up transformation temptation wretched excess
An internet-dating playboy's life spirals out of control after meeting a woman online.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2013
158 Minutes
gangster lover murderer rival victim criminal bleak chilling disturbing engaging intense shocking india city hospital crime scene love power rivalry plot
After killing his mentor, a gangster comes into power to rule over Mumbai. In the process he falls for an aspiring actress, nevertheless he finds that his protege has fallen for her too which leads to enmity between them.
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.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1958
95 Minutes
Jack Hawkins Arlene Dahl Dennis Price Violet Farebrother Ian Hunter Christopher Lee Bernard Miles Greta Gynt
insurance investigator old flame blackmailer suspenseful passionate uneasy manor fire love mystery love 1950s
An insurance investigator runs into an ex-girlfriend, who is still as beautiful as he remembered her, but is now married. He soon finds himself involved in arson, blackmail, and murder.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2017
111 Minutes
Aaron Moorhead Aaron Moorhead Justin Benson Callie Hernandez Tate Ellington Lew Temple James Jordan Shane Brady Kira Powell Emily Montague Peter Cilella
brother cult leader cult member creature camper chilling dark thrilling intense suspenseful disturbing camp woods lake compound boat forest cult mystery mythical creatures
As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.