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Movies Like The Study of Dr Cavaglieri

If you liked The Study of Dr Cavaglieri (2025), a thriller and horror movie directed by Nicholas Barker, 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. 1Roadgames

    Roadgames (1981)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller and horror

    A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway.

  2. 2Black Widow

    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…

  3. 3No Name on the Bullet

    No Name on the Bullet (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

  4. 4Gemini Man

    Gemini Man (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict…

  5. 5The Man Who Cheated Himself

    The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

  6. 6Eradication

    Eradication (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller

    When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…

  7. 7Race with the Devil

    Race with the Devil (1975)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller

    Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.

  8. 8Fear in the Night

    Fear in the Night (1972)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller and horror

    It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled…

  9. 9The Mechanic

    The Mechanic (1972)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and…

  10. 10Overdrive

    Overdrive (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

  11. 11Peeping Tom

    Peeping Tom (1960)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller and horror

    Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He…

  12. 12Woman on the Run

    Woman on the Run (1950)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he…

  13. 13Nick of Time

    Nick of Time (1995)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.

  14. 14Poker Night

    Poker Night (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror

    When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.

  15. 15Force of Nature: The Dry 2

    Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    When five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate in the hopes of…

  16. 16The Seven-Ups

    The Seven-Ups (1973)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

  17. 17The Shed

    The Shed (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also horror and thriller

    The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge…

  18. 18Oscar Shaw

    Oscar Shaw (2026)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the…

  19. 19Gleaming the Cube

    Gleaming the Cube (1989)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    An Orange County teenager's carefree life of ditching class and skateboarding abandoned pools comes to a screeching halt when someone close to him dies. The cops rule the death a suicide, but the bereaved skater…

  20. 20Kept Woman

    Kept Woman (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    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…

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