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Movies Like Mystery of Tattoo

If you liked Mystery of Tattoo (2023), a thriller movie directed by Kalaiarasi Sathappan, 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.

  1. 1The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  2. 2Baramulla

    Baramulla (2025)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A cop's inquiry into child kidnappings unravels chilling secrets as supernatural events endanger his family and the peaceful town of Baramulla.

  3. 3The Evil

    The Evil (1978)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.

  4. 4Unit 234

    Unit 234 (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    While working the night shift alone, Laurie Saltair discovers a comatose man, Clayton, in Unit 234 of her family’s storage facility. What transpires is a thrill ride of a cat-and-mouse game for Laurie and Clayton to…

  5. 5Frank and Penelope

    Frank and Penelope (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller

    A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…

  6. 6Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

  7. 7Play Dead

    Play Dead (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Criminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is…

  8. 8Ma

    Ma (2019)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting…

  9. 9Blackwood

    Blackwood (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home…

  10. 10Fear of Rain

    Fear of Rain (2021)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    A teenage girl living with schizophrenia begins to suspect her neighbor has kidnapped a child. Her parents try desperately to help her live a normal life, without exposing their own tragic secrets, and the only person…

  11. 11Sightless

    Sightless (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    After an attack renders her blind, Ellen withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.

  12. 12Hider in the House

    Hider in the House (1989)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.

  13. 13The Good Neighbor

    The Good Neighbor (2016)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Two high school filmmakers decide to create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting neighbor.

  14. 14Watcher

    Watcher (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.

  15. 15Whisper

    Whisper (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

  16. 16The Shed

    The Shed (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge…

  17. 17The Virtuoso

    The Virtuoso (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.

  18. 18Tyler Perry's Duplicity

    Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    High-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned…

  19. 19Z

    Z (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.

  20. 20In Cold Light

    In Cold Light (2026)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Fresh out of prison, Ava's attempt to reclaim her drug operation collapses when she witnesses a brutal crime, forcing her to flee into a nightmarish underworld where allies are scarce and enemies multiply by the minute.

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