Movies Like Scartown Side Effects
If you liked Scartown Side Effects (2025), a thriller and mystery movie directed by Emile Rosen, 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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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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Awake (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and mysteryWhile undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make…
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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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The Virtuoso (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerDanger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.
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Nocebo (2022)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thrillerA fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying…
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The Seven-Ups (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mysteryA 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.
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180 (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also 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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Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and mysteryAn Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
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The International (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mysteryAn interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their…
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Wardriver (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also thrillerHe’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.
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Flashback (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and mysteryFrederick Fitzell is living his best life—until he starts having horrific visions of Cindy, a girl who vanished in high school. After reaching out to old friends with whom he used to take a mystery drug called Mercury…
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Last Man Down (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mysteryAfter civilization succumbs to a deadly pandemic and his wife is murdered, a special forces soldier abandons his duty and becomes a hermit in the Nordic wilderness. Years later, a wounded woman appears on his doorstep…
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Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also thrillerA tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…
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Shuffle (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mysteryLovell Milo is a man who begins experiencing his life out of order; every day he wakes up at a different age, on a different day of his life, never knowing where or when he’s going to be once he falls asleep. He’s…
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All the Devils Are Here (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerAfter a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.
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Looper (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerIn the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is…
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The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and thrillerAfter a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
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Canary Black (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerTop level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the…
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SAS: Red Notice (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerAn off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the…
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Run (1991)
★ 6/10Also thrillerWhen a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.