20 movies like River, ordered by similarity : The October Man(1947), Angel Heart(1987), Whiteout(2009), The Babysitter's Seduction(1996), Blade Runner(1982), Frenzy(1972), The Secret in Their Eyes(2009), Road Games(2015), The Client(1994), The Clovehitch Killer(2018), The Stoneman Murders(2009), Mom(2017) ...
Mystery & Thriller
2015
95 Minutes
Rossif Sutherland Douangmany Soliphanh Sara Botsford Ted Atherton Aidan Gillett Karen Glave Vithaya Pansringarm Amphaiphun Phommapunya
volunteer doctor american man gripping dark gritty laos fugitives sexual abuse murder accusation murder investigation escape mystery pursuit 21st century
In the south of Laos, an American volunteer doctor becomes a fugitive after he intervenes in the sexual assault of a young woman.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1947
86 Minutes
John Mills Joan Greenwood Edward Chapman Joyce Carey Kay Walsh Felix Aylmer Juliet Mills
scientist doctor girlfriend boss boarder landlady dark gritty uneasy england bus hospital boardinghouse park memory murder investigation mental illness romance mystery
When the murder of a young woman happens, her next-door neighbor is under suspicion due to his previous stay in a mental hospital.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada|USA
1987
113 Minutes
Mickey Rourke Robert De Niro Lisa Bonet Charlotte Rampling Stocker Fontelieu Brownie McGhee Michael Higgins Charles Gordone Kathleen Wilhoite
private investigator singer daughter satan magician dark gripping suspenseful new york city new orleans hotel racetrack mystery murder secret detective voodoo investigation mystery pursuit
A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada|France|Turkey
2009
101 Minutes
Kate Beckinsale Gabriel Macht Tom Skerritt Columbus Short Alex O'Loughlin Shawn Doyle Joel Keller Jesse Todd Arthur Holden Erin Hicock Bashar Rahal
u.s. marshal doctor friend pilot scientist government agent suspenseful chilling gripping antarctica research station airplane office settlement outdoors murder isolation survival darkness dark secrets
U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko tracks a killer in Antarctica, as the sun is about to set for six months.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1996
97 Minutes
Stephen Collins Keri Russell Phylicia Rashad Tobin Bell John D'Aquino Linda Kelsey Dawn Lambing Roger Floyd Adam Crosby Kristie Horton Travis Robertson
detective wife husband babysitter child family creepy dark frightening gripping suspenseful chilling home house police station swimming pool school mysterious deaths conspiracy adultery
In the early 14th century, Scottish warrior and Earl Robert the Bruce is crowned King of Scots, leading Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against England.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1982
122 Minutes
Harrison Ford Rutger Hauer Sean Young Edward James Olmos M. Emmet Walsh Daryl Hannah William Sanderson Brion James Joe Turkel Joanna Cassidy James Hong
android police officer hunter love interest tycoon creative dark gritty los angeles street outer space apartment escape showdown murder slavery meaning of life dystopia escape pursuit
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1972
116 Minutes
Jon Finch Barry Foster Barbara Leigh-Hunt Anna Massey Alec McCowen Vivien Merchant Billie Whitelaw Jean Marsh Bernard Cribbins Michael Bates Clive Swift
murderer suspect ex-wife inspector murder suspect murder victim dark gritty thrilling suspenseful london bar market river office restaurant framed for murder murder manhunt serial murders
A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Argentina|Spain
2009
127 Minutes
Ricardo Darín Soledad Villamil Carla Quevedo Pablo Rago Javier Godino Guillermo Francella José Luis Gioia Bárbara Palladino Rudy Romano Mario Alarcón Alejandro Abelenda
criminal investigator judge love interest newlywed chilling dark engaging suspenseful buenos aires, argentina court mystery murder investigation rape discovery pursuit mystery 1990s
A retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|France
2015
95 Minutes
Andrew Simpson Joséphine de La Baume Frédéric Pierrot Barbara Crampton Féodor Atkine Pierre Boulanger Susanna Cappellaro Edward Hogg
hitchhiker couple drifter killer kidnapper brutal creepy gripping suspenseful thrilling france french countryside car house bedroom mystery kidnapping hitchhiking murder escape
The sun drenched days of summer turn dark and ominous for hitchhiking duo Jack and Véronique when they become inexplicably entangled with a mysterious married couple and a local road kill collector in rural France.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1994
120 Minutes
Susan Sarandon Tommy Lee Jones Mary-Louise Parker Anthony LaPaglia Anthony Edwards Ossie Davis Brad Renfro David Speck J.T. Walsh Will Patton Bradley Whitford
boy lawyer attorney mafia boss fbi agent mother gripping thrilling tender louisiana murder organized crime suicide investigation witness protection trust mystery pursuit escape 1990s
A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
110 Minutes
Dylan McDermott Charlie Plummer Samantha Mathis Madisen Beaty Brenna Sherman Lance Chantiles-Wertz Kat Pérez Jonathan Riggs
family father son murder suspect killer chilling creepy dark disturbing eerie engaging frightful gripping intense shocking suspenseful thrilling tense uneasy america
A picture-perfect family is shattered when the work of a serial killer hits too close to home.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
India
2009
95 Minutes
Kay Kay Menon Arbaaz Khan Vikram Gokhale Rukhsar Rehman Veerendra Saxena Ashraful Haque
police officer murderer criminal family member gritty gripping intense house police station murder investigation police work quest pursuit mystery 1980s
In 1980s Bombay, a serial killer starts targeting homeless street dwellers, whilst a suspended police officer attempts to solve the case.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
India
2017
146 Minutes
Sridevi Sajal Ali Adnan Siddiqui Nawazuddin Siddiqui Akshaye Khanna Abhimanyu Singh Pitobash Sushant Singh
teacher stepdaughter stepmother gripping engaging intense india town city house school investigation murder mystery mystery love pursuit 2010s
After her daughter is sexually assaulted at a party, a furious mother sets out to destroy the lives of the four perpetrators who walked away free.
Mystery & Thriller
Austria|Germany|France
2018
Minutes
bookseller shop owner abductee abductor pregnant woman intricate dark uneasy tense gripping church bookstore multiple personalities conspiracy murder mystery escape adventure mystery transformation
A very romantic comedy on the edge of the abyss: in the middle of the deepest life crisis, the Holocaust researcher Toto is assigned an assistant for the congress preparation - Zazie, of ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
Canada|USA
2008
90 Minutes
Chad Allen Sebastian Spence Sebastien Roberts Brittney Wilson Jason Poulsen Daryl Shuttleworth Nelson Wong
lawyer private investigator murderer murder suspect murder victim dark chilling tense suspenseful united states murder murder investigation private detective mystery crime discovery mystery pursuit 2000s
Tim Callahan, aide to New York Senator Lauren Platt, is disappointed that all of the $3 million funding has been pulled from his latest pet project, a safe zone for children and youth. His ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
64 Minutes
criminologist patient police detective astrologer woman father dark dense doctor's office street police station apartment carnival abandoned house psychiatry murder investigation sister relationship multiple personalities amnesia
The Crime Doctor comes up against a criminal with a dual personality.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1950
92 Minutes
Zachary Scott Faye Emerson Mary Boland Sam Levene J. Edward Bromberg Kay Medford
detective ex-wife doctor smuggler moll brother dark intense suspenseful new york city hotel office jail warehouse kidnapping murder smuggling drinking family investigation
An alcoholic ex-cop, now the house detective at a scuzzy hotel in an even scuzzier part of town, stumbles through New York City's sleazy underworld searching for his kidnapped son.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
81 Minutes
Joel McCrea Gail Russell Herbert Marshall Phyllis Brooks Isobel Elsom Norman Lloyd Mikhail Rasumny Elisabeth Risdon Tom Tully Nona Griffith Richard Lyon
widower governess murderer son child dark intricate gripping suspenseful new england house neighborhood murder police work investigation suspicion crime quest discovery mystery
A secretive widower hires a governess for his children, a willful boy and impressionable girl. Strange occurrences and the governess's curiosity lead her to unlock the secrets of the mysterious and uninhabited brownstone next door.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1956
69 Minutes
John Bromfield Julie London Henry Calvin Patricia Blake Joel Ashley Robert Keyes Alika Louis
artist veteran singer waitress sleepwalker father dark gripping passionate family home bar swimming pool drive-in restaurant police station murder alibi secret love investigation false accusations sleepwalking
A disreputable Korean War veteran is suspected of murder.
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Denmark|Germany|Sweden|Norway
2016
119 Minutes
Nikolaj Lie Kaas Fares Fares Johanne Louise Schmidt Søren Pilmark Jakob Oftebro Pål Sverre Hagen Lotte Andersen Signe Anastassia Mannov Laura Bro Divya Das Amanda Collin
detective investigator murder suspect murder victim criminal thrilling gripping suspenseful shocking boarding school crime scene police station denmark crime investigation murder cold case serial murders discovery mystery
Two intertwined cases linking the past with the present will require the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer, while time is running out.
Mystery & Thriller
1944
88 Minutes
Gene Tierney Dana Andrews Clifton Webb Vincent Price Judith Anderson Dorothy Adams James Flavin Clyde Fillmore Ralph Dunn Grant Mitchell Kathleen Howard
police detective businesswoman columnist boyfriend wealthy woman housekeeper dark intricate suspenseful new york city apartment police station cabin murder investigation infatuation unrequited love mistaken identity mystery pursuit
An arrogant New York columnist (Clifton Webb) taunts a detective (Dana Andrews) obsessed with a slain woman's (Gene Tierney) portrait.