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Movies Like A Thief in the Dark

If you liked A Thief in the Dark (1928), a mystery movie directed by Albert Ray, 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. 1The Deep End of the Ocean

    The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

    ★ 6.6/10Also mystery

    A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.

  2. 2Abigail

    Abigail (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery

    A young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby's father was one of the sick - and he was taken when she was six years old. Going…

  3. 3Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

    Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery

    Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…

  4. 4Stowaway

    Stowaway (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery

    A tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and…

  5. 5The Commuter

    The Commuter (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery

    A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.

  6. 6Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!

    Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy! (2006)

    ★ 7.4/10Also mystery

    It's horror on the high seas when Scooby-Doo and the gang take a creepy cruise into one of the world's most mysterious places, the Bermuda Triangle! If Scooby, Shaggy and the gang can't solve this mystery, they may…

  7. 7Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon

    Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery

    A young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants.

  8. 8Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo

    Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (2010)

    ★ 7.7/10Also mystery

    The gang goes on a trip to check on Velma's younger sister, Madelyn. She's been studying stage magic at the Whirlen Merlin Magic Academy, where apparently there have been sightings of a giant griffin. The gang decides…

  9. 9The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

    The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery

    After a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil.

  10. 10Amelia’s Children

    Amelia’s Children (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery

    When Edward’s search for his biological family leads him and his girlfriend Ryley to a magnificent villa high in the mountains of Northern Portugal, he is full of excitement at meeting his long-lost mother and twin…

  11. 11The Inhabitant

    The Inhabitant (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery

    Like any other teenage girl, Tara is just surviving high school — yet her father and mother seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome ax murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her…

  12. 12Winter's Tale

    Winter's Tale (2014)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery

    A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.

  13. 13A Story of Derry

    A Story of Derry (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery

    Hundreds of years before Pennywise, three youngsters venture into the Western Wood...where they encounter a terrifying ancient spirit.

  14. 14Absolution

    Absolution (2024)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery

    An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children…

  15. 15The Ritual Killer

    The Ritual Killer (2023)

    ★ 5.8/10Also mystery

    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…

  16. 16Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!

    Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! (2020)

    ★ 7.7/10Also mystery

    Scooby-Doo and the gang team up with their pals, Bill Nye The Science Guy and Elvira Mistress of the Dark, to solve this mystery of gigantic proportions and save Crystal Cove!

  17. 17The Invisible

    The Invisible (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery

    After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him is his attacker.

  18. 18Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster

    Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery

    Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they…

  19. 19Confess, Fletch

    Confess, Fletch (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery

    The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The only way to prove his innocence? Find out which of the long list of…

  20. 20The Hound of the Baskervilles

    The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)

    ★ 7.3/10Also mystery

    When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

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