Movies Like The Women in the Lakes
If you liked The Women in the Lakes (2024), a thriller and drama movie directed by Tatsushi Ōmori, 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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Impossibility Defense (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also thrillerAt a certain park, there is a mysterious man, who has red eyes and a black suit, that people can go to and request him to kill someone. His assassinations can never be blamed on him because he takes no illegal action…
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Rising Sun (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and thrillerWhen a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working…
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The Crimes That Bind (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also thrillerMichiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes missing. Detectives including Yuhei…
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The Castle of Sand (1974)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaTwo detectives are tasked to investigate the murder of an old man, found bludgeoned to death in a Tokyo rail yard.
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Suspect X (2008)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaA male corpse is discovered with a smashed face and burned hands. Strangely, the cause of death is determined to be strangulation. When Detective Kaoru Utsumi attempts to corroborate the victim’s ex-wife’s alibi she…
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Remember (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and thrillerWith the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
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Detective Conan: Captured in Her Eyes (2000)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaPolice officers around Tokyo are being murdered by an unknown assailant. When Ran witnesses an attempt on the life of one of her friends in the police, she loses her memory. Now, Conan and Inspector Megure must find…
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Rage (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and thrillerA man brutally murders a married couple and leaves the word “ikari” (“rage”) written with their blood. The killer undergoes plastic surgery and flees. At three different locations in Japan, a male stranger appears…
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The World of Kanako (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerWhen Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the…
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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerJane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
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Detective Conan: The Raven Chaser (2009)
★ 7.3/10Also thrillerA new member from the Black Organization that shrunk Shinichi's body manages to find out about Shinichi's transformation into Conan. This discovery starts to put those around him in danger as Gin and the other Black…
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Hollywoodland (2006)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaWhen Hollywood superstar George Reeves dies in his home, private detective Louis Simo is hired to investigate his death and gets caught in a web of lies involving a big studio executive's wife. Based on a true story.
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A Man (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thrillerAkira works as a lawyer. One day, he meets with his former client Rie, who asks Akira to perform a background check on her late husband Daisuke.
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The Third Murder (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaA lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.
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Confessions (2010)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and thrillerDevastated at the death of her four-year-old daughter, a grieving middle school teacher is horrified to discover that her students aren't as innocent as she thinks.
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Midsummer's Equation (2013)
★ 7/10Also dramaMasaharu Fukuyama reprises his role from 2008's "Suspect X," playing the physicist-cum-detective Manabu Yukawa. The scientist-sleuth arrives in an oceanside town to speak on a panel. But when a man turns up dead…
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Striking Distance (1993)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerDemoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.
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The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thrillerRomulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim…
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Rashomon (1950)
★ 8/10Also dramaFour people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.
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Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs (1974)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and dramaAgent Zero is a cop that uses her own methods for dealing with criminals. After she unlawfully kills a rapist in a violent fashion, she is sent to prison and stripped of her badge. But very soon after, a rich…