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Movies Like Fiction.

If you liked Fiction. (2008), a thriller and drama movie directed by Mouly Surya, 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. 1The Crush

    The Crush (1993)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and drama

    A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.

  2. 2Pacific Heights

    Pacific Heights (1990)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama

    A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

  3. 3The Experiment

    The Experiment (2010)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and drama

    20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

  4. 4Dream Lover

    Dream Lover (1994)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and thriller

    Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman…

  5. 5Greta

    Greta (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller and drama

    A young woman returns a lonely widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers the widow might not be all that she seems.

  6. 6Rogue Agent

    Rogue Agent (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and drama

    Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

  7. 7The Number 23

    The Number 23 (2007)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and drama

    Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.

  8. 8The Nines

    The Nines (2007)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and thriller

    A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.

  9. 9Tyler Perry's Duplicity

    Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and drama

    High-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned…

  10. 10Blue Steel

    Blue Steel (1990)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the assailant's gun from the crime scene, the police hold Turner…

  11. 11Hider in the House

    Hider in the House (1989)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.

  12. 12Dead Man Down

    Dead Man Down (2013)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama

    In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.

  13. 13Fear

    Fear (1996)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world. David is all that and more: a modern-day knight who…

  14. 14The Most Hated Woman in America

    The Most Hated Woman in America (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.

  15. 15They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

    They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller

    A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.

  16. 16Klute

    Klute (1971)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller and drama

    A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.

  17. 17The Voyeurs

    The Voyeurs (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    When Pippa and Thomas move into their dream apartment, they notice that their windows look directly into the apartment opposite – inviting them to witness the volatile relationship of the attractive couple across the…

  18. 18Puncture

    Puncture (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Based on a true story. Mike Weiss (Chris Evans) is a brilliant but self-destructive Houston attorney whose drug addiction threatens to destroy his career. When he and his law partner Paul Danziger (Mark Kassen) take on…

  19. 19Jolt

    Jolt (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    A bouncer with an anger management problem goes on a furious and resentful rampage after the murder of a friend.

  20. 20Blue Velvet

    Blue Velvet (1986)

    ★ 7.6/10Also thriller

    The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

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