Movies Like Degree of Certainty

If you liked Degree of Certainty (2026), a thriller and drama movie directed by Simon Schneider, 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
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and history
The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1974.
2
The Insider (1999)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and thriller
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
3
The Walk (2015)
★ 7/10Also history and drama
The story of French high-wire artist Philippe Petit's attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.
4
The Current War (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and history
Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
5
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and thriller
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
6
Undercurrent (1946)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael…
7
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
★ 7/10Also thriller and drama
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
8
The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
★ 6/10Also thriller and drama
High-school students start a vigilante group in their neighbourhood but, as their power increases, they become more abusive and dangerous.
9
Miracle (2004)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and history
When college coach Herb Brooks is hired to helm the 1980 U.S. men's Olympic hockey team, he brings a unique and brash style to the ice. After assembling a team of hot-headed college all-stars, who are humiliated in an…
10
Bad Genius (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and drama
A highly-gifted student sees an opportunity to escape her roots by helping wealthy classmates cheat on key exams, but at great risk to her future.
11
The Defiant Ones (1958)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thriller
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.
12
Air (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and history
Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.
13
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and thriller
When disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling alongside aliens, saboteurs, robot Angels and a new friend called Astrid, can he stop the Christmas inferno?
14
Love & Mercy (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and history
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda…
15
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".
16
The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and drama
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
17
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
★ 7/10Also thriller and drama
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies…
18
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller and drama
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
19
The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller
A marine biologist teaches his dolphins to communicate in English but shady characters plan to kidnap the trained mammals for a more sinister purpose.
20
Quiz Show (1994)
★ 7.2/10Also history and drama
Herbert Stempel's transformation into an unexpected television personality unfolds as he secures victory on the cherished American game show, 'Twenty-One.' However, when the show introduces the highly skilled…