20 movies like Painkillers, ordered by similarity : Widows(2018), The Sweetheart(2018), Fugue(2018), Drishyam(2015), The Shelter(2015), Custody(2017), Sicario(2015), The China Syndrome(1979), Black Swan(2010), Cold in July(2014), Only Lovers Left Alive(2013), The Oath(2016) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Belgium
2018
83 Minutes
Adam Huss Madeline Zima Mischa Barton Naomi Grossman Grant Bowler Debra Wilson Maria Olsen Tate Birchmore James Logan
father surgeon wife doctor vampire tense gripping thrilling creative emotional united states hospital street home guilt grief vampires car accident painful memories loss
Plagued by guilt following the death of his son in a car crash, John Clarke, a brilliant surgeon comes to realize that the only thing that can ease his pain is the taste of human blood.
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
France
2018
100 Minutes
Jessalyn Gilsig Jon Cor Hannah Vandenbygaart Scott Gibson Taveeta Szymanowicz
young woman mother father mother's boyfriend psychopath intense suspenseful thrilling disturbing melodramatic brooding house canada hospital car united states car accident divorce new love false identity
Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic champion, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His punishment: coach the Shiny Shrimps, an amateur gay water-polo team. They have only one thing in mind: to qualify for the Gay Games in Croatia.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
India
2015
163 Minutes
father mother daughter police officer son thrilling gripping intense powerful house bungalow police station ashram forest protection father/daughter relationship family relationships love quest pursuit
Desperate measures are taken by a man who tries to save his family from the dark side of the law, after they commit an unexpected crime.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2015
77 Minutes
Michael Paré Lauren Alexandra Gayle James Thomas Johnston Rachel G. Whittle Amy Wickenheiser Brigette Rose John Fallon
widower homeless person mysterious man evil spirit wife daughter creepy dark intense graveyard street house bathroom bedroom kitchen loss grief isolation danger stress
A homeless man (Michael Paré) finds shelter in a lavish and abandoned house. He soon discovers he is not alone and the house will not allow him to leave.
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, 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
1979
122 Minutes
Jane Fonda Jack Lemmon Michael Douglas Scott Brady James Hampton Peter Donat Wilford Brimley James Karen
news reporter camera operator nuclear physicist supervisor cameraman gripping gutsy intense thrilling suspenseful tense california nuclear power plant newsroom car television studio home nuclear meltdown nuclear safety cover-up
A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2010
108 Minutes
Natalie Portman Mila Kunis Vincent Cassel Barbara Hershey Winona Ryder Benjamin Millepied Ksenia Solo Kristina Anapau
ballerina mother director rival young woman ballet instructor eerie shocking suspenseful thrilling intense emotional new york city studio stage dance studio ballet big city ballet competition
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake".
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA|France
2014
109 Minutes
Michael C. Hall Sam Shepard Vinessa Shaw Don Johnson Nick Damici Wyatt Russell Brogan Hall Lanny Flaherty
father ex-convict criminal murderer thrilling tense bleak gritty united states crime scene texas countryside country road police station crime murder fatherhood past crimes violence pursuit
When a protective father meets a murderous ex-con, both need to deviate from the path they are on as they soon find themselves entangled in a downwards spiral of lies and violence while having to confront their own inner psyche.
Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama, Horror, Fantasy
UK|Germany|Greece|France
2013
122 Minutes
Tilda Swinton Tom Hiddleston Anton Yelchin Mia Wasikowska John Hurt Jeffrey Wright Slimane Dazi Carter Logan Yasmine Hamdan Aurélie Thépaut
vampire musician married woman married man author sister bleak emotional melodramatic creative intense dark united states tangiers, morocco detroit house vampires relationships love depression
A depressed musician reunites with his lover. Though their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Iceland|UK|Germany
2016
110 Minutes
Hera Hilmar Baltasar Kormákur Gísli Örn Garðarsson Ingvar Sigurdsson Þorsteinn Bachmann Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir Þorsteinn Gunnarsson Margrét Bjarnadóttir Ágúst Bjarnason
surgeon daughter drug dealer father criminal intense melodramatic suspenseful thrilling gory brooding reykjavík, iceland criminal underworld family home drug addiction family crime desperation father/daughter relationship rise
A troubled father, working as a doctor, decides to go to extreme measures for saving his daughter from a devastating influence of her boyfriend, a drug dealer.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA
2017
92 Minutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger Scoot McNairy Maggie Grace Judah Nelson Larry Sullivan Jason McCune Glenn Morshower Mariana Klaveno Martin Donovan Hannah Ware Christopher Darga
air traffic controller construction worker foreman father daughter wife family brooding tense thrilling suspenseful sad united states office home revenge death of child death of spouse guilt loss
Two strangers' lives become inextricably bound together after a devastating plane crash.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Denmark
2018
85 Minutes
Jakob Cedergren Jessica Dinnage Omar Shargawi Johan Olsen Jacob Hauberg Lohmann Katinka Evers-Jahnsen Jeanette Lindbæk Larsen Simon Bennebjerg Laura Bro
police officer ex-cop woman kidnapper villain suspect suspenseful thrilling engaging gripping intense emotional denmark police station kidnapping emergencies investigation murder danger fear
A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Brazil
2012
131 Minutes
Irandhir Santos Irma Brown Sebastião Formiga Gustavo Jahn Maeve Jinkings W.J. Solha Lula Terra Ana Rita Gurgel
young man young woman grandfather mother housewife intense emotional disturbing brazil desperation loneliness drugs sexual frustration threats love underdog forbidden love discovery fall rivalry
The lives of the residents of a Brazilian apartment building and the security guards who get the job guarding the surrounding streets.
Drama
2016
87 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Sebastian Koch Marie-Josée Croze Christelle Cornil Lila-Rose Gilberti Emma Besson Christian Kmiotek Serge Feuillard
man frenchman daughter teenager mother boyfriend engaging gripping emotional thrilling melodramatic sad france vacation home bedroom unexpected death father/daughter relationship grief fight for justice justice
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2016
83 Minutes
Kate Nowlin Tom Lipinski Chris Sullivan Rusty Schwimmer Ashlie Atkinson Ken Marks Rene Auberjonois Kirsten Gregerson
soldier woman husband veteran psychologist family member chilling emotional intense house street car afghanistan forest office afghanistan returning home post-traumatic stress disorder stress determination
A Marine sergeant with mental wounds can no longer bottle up her trauma, and a welcome home party provokes her into an explosive outburst. With nowhere to turn, she runs deep into the woods.
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
149 Minutes
Ben Affleck Rosamund Pike Neil Patrick Harris Tyler Perry Kim Dickens Patrick Fugit Carrie Coon David Clennon Lisa Banes Missi Pyle Emily Ratajkowski
writer wife suspect police officer journalist police detective brooding dark intense bleak thrilling disheartening carthage house street police station car office disappearance illusions
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
USA
2010
94 Minutes
Denzel Washington Chris Pine Rosario Dawson Kevin Dunn Ethan Suplee Kevin Corrigan Jessy Schram Jeff Wincott Elizabeth Mathis Lew Temple Meagan Tandy
engineer conductor safety inspector yardmaster father daughter tense thrilling emotional intense suspenseful train railway railyard pennsylvania runaway train toxic chemicals disaster father/daughter relationship death
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
United Arab Emirates|USA|Hong Kong
2011
106 Minutes
Marion Cotillard Matt Damon Laurence Fishburne Jude Law Gwyneth Paltrow Kate Winslet Jennifer Ehle Bryan Cranston Sanaa Lathan John Hawkes Demetri Martin
businesswoman husband cdc director cdc field agent blogger doctor eerie gripping frenetic melodramatic tense powerful airplane casino hospital minnesota hong kong laboratory disease pandemic
Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a pandemic as the CDC works to find a cure.