Movies Like Someone at the Door

If you liked Someone at the Door (1950), a mystery movie directed by Francis Searle, 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
The Losers (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery
On a mission deep in the Bolivian jungle, a team of elite commandos finds itself on the receiving end of a lethal betrayal. Now presumed dead, the men join forces with a mysterious operative named Aisha to hunt down…
2
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…
3
Overdrive (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery
Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
4
Ca$h (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a…
5
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
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…
7
Trance (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
8
The International (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery
An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their…
9
The Outfit (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also mystery
Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes…
10
Dressed to Kill (1946)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson…
11
The Black Book (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery
After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.
12
The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery
A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.
13
All the Devils Are Here (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery
After a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.
14
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.
15
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…
16
Oldboy (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery
A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.
17
The Locksmith (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery
A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things take a tumultuous turn after an…
18
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
★ 7/10Also mystery
While attending a major horse race with their young son, Nick Jr., Nick and Nora Charles witnesse a shocking murder from the crowded grandstand. What first appears to be an isolated killing soon leads to a maze of…
19
Shaft (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery
JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s…
20
The Killers (1964)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.