Movies Like The Right Thing
If you liked The Right Thing (2023), a thriller and mystery movie directed by Nathan Rice, 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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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller and mysteryIn sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…
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The Drowning Pool (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mysteryHarper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the…
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Under the Silver Lake (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also mysteryYoung and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to…
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Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and thrillerOne evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to…
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The Two Jakes (1990)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thrillerReal estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes…
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Blue Velvet (1986)
★ 7.6/10Also mystery and thrillerThe discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
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The Black Book (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thrillerAfter his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.
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Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerNew York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
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Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerHigh-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…
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The Experiment (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
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Too Late (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also mysteryPrivate investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.
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The Big Sleep (1946)
★ 7.6/10Also mystery and thrillerPrivate Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what…
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The Usual Suspects (1995)
★ 8.2/10Also thrillerHeld in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million…
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The Kid Detective (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also mysteryA once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' case, to find out who brutally murdered…
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Righteous Kill (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and mysteryTwo veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; is there a serial killer on the loose, and did they perhaps put the…
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Cleaner (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mysterySingle father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may…
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180 (2026)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerWhen an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.
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The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mysteryReclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…
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Rogue Agent (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerConman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
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Crooked House (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thrillerA private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.