Movies Like The Two Faces of January
If you liked The Two Faces of January (2014), a thriller movie directed by Hossein Amini, 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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Evil Under the Sun (1982)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerAn opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.
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Appointment with Death (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerEmily Boynton, the stepmother to three children, blackmails the family lawyer into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from her dominating influence. She takes herself, the…
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Safe Haven (2013)
★ 7.2/10Also thrillerA young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.
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Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerAn airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.
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Death on the Nile (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerBelgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.
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Insomnia (2002)
★ 7/10Also thrillerTwo Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
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The Tourist (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerAmerican tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye.
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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerJane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
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Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerRaimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for…
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Live and Let Die (1973)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerJames Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.
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Adrift (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerTami Oldham and Richard Sharp couldn't anticipate that they would be sailing directly into one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history. In the aftermath of the storm, Tami awakens to find Richard badly…
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Deception (2008)
★ 6/10Also thrillerAs a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's…
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Strangers on a Train (1951)
★ 7.7/10Also thrillerA charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
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Cassandra's Dream (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerThe tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.
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Thick as Thieves (2009)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.
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Eye of the Needle (1981)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerGreat Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an…
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Casino Royale (2006)
★ 7.6/10Also thrillerLe Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M…
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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
★ 7.2/10Also thrillerWhen their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
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Murder at the Embassy (2025)
★ 6/10Also thrillerPrivate detective Miranda Green investigates a murder perpetrated in the British Embassy in Cairo, where a top secret document was stolen, risking to jeopardize both Buckingham Palace and the peace of the world.
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The Night of the Hunter (1955)
★ 7.8/10Also thrillerIn Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.