Movies Like I Pretended to Be a Missing Girl

If you liked I Pretended to Be a Missing Girl, a thriller movie, 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
The Boy (2015)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.
2
Robbery (1967)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.
3
Play Dirty (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
Expert thief Parker gets a shot at a major heist, but to pull it off he and his team must outsmart a South American dictator, the New York mob, and the world's richest man.
4
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
5
The Anderson Tapes (1971)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being…
6
Black Butterfly (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried…
7
Domino (2005)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
8
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
★ 7.8/10Also thriller
In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.
9
High Sierra (1941)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
10
Family Plot (1976)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
11
Wheelman (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
A getaway driver for a bank robbery realizes he has been double crossed and races to find out who betrayed him.
12
The Getaway (1972)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller
A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.
13
Bunraku (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
In a world with no guns, a mysterious drifter, a bartender and a young samurai plot revenge against a ruthless leader and his army of thugs, headed by nine diverse and deadly assassins.
14
The Man in the White Van (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
In early 1970s Florida, an ominous white van stalks young women. A teenage girl is the latest victim, but this one won't stay a victim.
15
Risqué (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller
Fired from a strip club, a vengeful dancer masterminds a high-stakes heist with fellow strippers to take down the corrupt boss and the men who underestimate them.
16
Trance (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
17
Wardriver (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
He’s a Wardriver: a hacker who steals from banks, not people—until he’s noticed. Now the money turns violent, and the woman caught in it could save him or kill them both.
18
Criss Cross (1949)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.
19
The Petrified Forest (1936)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee…
20
The Locksmith (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things take a tumultuous turn after an…