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Movies Like The Boy Who Vanished

If you liked The Boy Who Vanished (2025), a thriller and tv movie movie directed by Christie Will Wolf, 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. 1Infidelity in Suburbia

    Infidelity in Suburbia (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and tv movie

    With her husband away at work, and her son at school, Laura dreams of a home-renovation project to supplant her restless days. Elliott, her irresistibly hot private contractor, soon fulfills her more forbidden dreams.

  2. 2The Neighbor in the Window

    The Neighbor in the Window (2020)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller and drama

    A suburban wife finds herself and the security of her family threatened by another seemingly friendly neighborhood mom.

  3. 3Kept Woman

    Kept Woman (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller and tv movie

    Jessica and her fiancé Evan have just moved from the city into their dream home on a quiet suburban street. Soon after, Jessica catches her seemingly friendly new neighbor, Simon, in a strange lie and can't let her…

  4. 4Hello

    Hello (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller

    An emotionally unavailable flight attendant meets a potential love interest and later finds out that her "perfect guy" has ulterior motives. As the clock ticks down on New Year's Eve, she must fight to keep her…

  5. 5Suburbicon

    Suburbicon (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and drama

    In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…

  6. 6A Sister's Secret

    A Sister's Secret (2018)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and thriller

    Twin sisters secretly swap places on their thirtieth birthday. The harmless prank becomes a nightmare when one of them is murdered.

  7. 7The Truth About Emanuel

    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.

  8. 8180

    180 (2026)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and drama

    When an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.

  9. 9Seeds of Yesterday

    Seeds of Yesterday (2015)

    ★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and thriller

    The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store as the curse lives on.

  10. 10Barron's Cove

    Barron's Cove (2025)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller and drama

    When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician -- the father of the…

  11. 11Tyler Perry's Duplicity

    Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and drama

    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…

  12. 12Bad Sister

    Bad Sister (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and tv movie

    As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a…

  13. 13The Hound of the Baskervilles

    The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller and tv movie

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to unravel a mysterious curse that has plagued the Baskerville family for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead, his heir, Sir Henry, begs Holmes to save…

  14. 14The Ritual Killer

    The Ritual Killer (2023)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller and drama

    Unable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an…

  15. 15The Experiment

    The Experiment (2010)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and drama

    20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

  16. 16Shimmer Lake

    Shimmer Lake (2017)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller and drama

    Shot in reverse day-by-day through a week—a local sheriff embarks on a quest to unlock the mystery of three small-town criminals and a bank heist gone wrong.

  17. 17The Locksmith

    The Locksmith (2023)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and drama

    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…

  18. 18Is There a Killer in My Family?

    Is There a Killer in My Family? (2020)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and tv movie

    True-crime author, Carly, and her husband Kevin take a vacation at a historical mansion on Crawford Island. Kevin thinks it will be a chance for them to reconnect, but Carly plans to research the puzzling unsolved…

  19. 19A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

    A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and drama

    The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local…

  20. 20Rogue Agent

    Rogue Agent (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama

    Conman 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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