Movies Like When I Was Alive
If you liked When I Was Alive (2014), a thriller and horror movie directed by Marco Dutra, 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 House on Carroll Street (1988)
★ 6/10Also drama and thrillerA reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house…
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The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thrillerRomulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim…
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The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and dramaAfter 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.
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The Parts You Lose (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and thrillerAn unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
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Night Watch (1973)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and horrorA woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
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Remember (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and thrillerWith the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
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The Possessed (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerA man with the ability to exorcise demons fights to protect his loved ones after a sudden surge in demonic possessions. After discovering his nephew's girlfriend has the same supernatural gift, they join forces for the…
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Islands (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and dramaIn this twisty thriller, a tennis coach at a tropical resort finds himself at the center of a missing persons mystery. Tom teaches tennis during the day and parties at night. When an enigmatic tourist arrives, Tom is…
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Killer's Kiss (1955)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and dramaDavey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The…
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2073 (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and dramaInspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and…
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6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and dramaAn adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he…
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On Fire (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thrillerInspired by true and harrowing events, an ordinary man finds his world suddenly torn apart as devastating wildfires rip through the surrounding countryside. With precious moments ticking by, he must flee with his son…
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Obsession (1976)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and dramaA wealthy New Orleans businessman becomes obsessed with a young woman who resembles his late wife.
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The Deadly Affair (1967)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and dramaCharles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have…
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The Vanishing (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and dramaThe boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.
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Poker Night (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horrorWhen a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.
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Eradication (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerWhen an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…
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The Organization (1971)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thrillerAfter a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for…
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Brute Force (1947)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and thrillerTimeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's…
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Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thrillerTwo couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.