Movies Like Checkmate
If you liked Checkmate (2016), a mystery and fantasy movie directed by Alejandra Romero Attolini, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Spellbound (1945)
★ 7.4/10Also mysteryWhen Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the…
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Trance (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also mysteryA violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
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Verity (2026)
★ 6.3/10Also mysteryLowen Ashleigh, hired to ghostwrite for best-selling author Verity Crawford, uncovers Verity's autobiographical notes, and becomes involved in what may prove to be a lethal conspiracy.
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The Zero Theorem (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyA computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
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The Commuter (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also mysteryA businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
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Psycho (1960)
★ 8.4/10Also mysteryWhen larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
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The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasyA rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes. He sets out to master the skill in order to cheat at gambling.
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Dressed to Kill (1946)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryA convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson…
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Elephant Song (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also mysteryA psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient about the disappearance of a colleague.
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Unknown (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also mysteryFive men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive.
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Terror by Night (1946)
★ 6.6/10Also mysteryHolmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the…
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The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also mysteryReporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror when fate draws him to the sleepy West Virginia town of Point Pleasant, whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous…
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Bedtime Stories (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasySkeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn…
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Saw (2004)
★ 7.4/10Also mysteryTwo men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With…
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Jumanji (1995)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasyWhen siblings Judy and Peter discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite Alan -- an adult who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- into their living room…
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Sleuth (1972)
★ 7.7/10Also mysteryA man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
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The Limits of Control (2009)
★ 6/10Also mysteryA mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him…
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Ca$h (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also mysteryA stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a…
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Along Came a Spider (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also mysteryAfter the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's…
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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also mysteryOver the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.