Movies Like The Solution

If you liked The Solution (2025), a thriller and drama movie directed by Steve Kniss and John Klein, 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 Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama and thriller
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
2
Conflict (1945)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.
3
Black Widow (1987)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple…
4
The Locket (1946)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
5
While the City Sleeps (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and drama
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
6
Sleep, My Love (1948)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
7
Witness to Murder (1954)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
8
Framed (1947)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame…
9
Laura (1944)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
10
Nightmare Alley (1947)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thriller
A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.
11
The Dark Corner (1946)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in…
12
The Woman in the Window (1944)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and thriller
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
13
I Confess (1953)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thriller
When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces public scandal and…
14
Detour (1945)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thriller
The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
15
Whirlpool (1950)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and drama
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her…
16
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller
In 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…
17
The Reckless Moment (1949)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and thriller
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
18
Pitfall (1948)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
19
Nightfall (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
An innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
20
D.O.A. (1949)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his…