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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.

  1. 1Evil Under the Sun

    Evil Under the Sun (1982)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    An 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.

  2. 2Appointment with Death

    Appointment with Death (1988)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Emily 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…

  3. 3Safe Haven

    Safe Haven (2013)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller

    A 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.

  4. 4Don't Bother to Knock

    Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

  5. 5Death on the Nile

    Death on the Nile (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    Belgian 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.

  6. 6Insomnia

    Insomnia (2002)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller

    Two 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.

  7. 7The Tourist

    The Tourist (2010)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    American 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.

  8. 8The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  9. 9Night Train to Lisbon

    Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    Raimund 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…

  10. 10Live and Let Die

    Live and Let Die (1973)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    James 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.

  11. 11Adrift

    Adrift (2018)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    Tami 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…

  12. 12Deception

    Deception (2008)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    As 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…

  13. 13Strangers on a Train

    Strangers on a Train (1951)

    ★ 7.7/10Also thriller

    A 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.

  14. 14Cassandra's Dream

    Cassandra's Dream (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    The 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.

  15. 15Thick as Thieves

    Thick as Thieves (2009)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A 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.

  16. 16Eye of the Needle

    Eye of the Needle (1981)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Great 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…

  17. 17Casino Royale

    Casino Royale (2006)

    ★ 7.6/10Also thriller

    Le 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…

  18. 18The Poseidon Adventure

    The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller

    When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.

  19. 19Murder at the Embassy

    Murder at the Embassy (2025)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    Private 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.

  20. 20The Night of the Hunter

    The Night of the Hunter (1955)

    ★ 7.8/10Also thriller

    In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

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