Movies Like Berlin Syndrome

If you liked Berlin Syndrome (2017), a drama and horror movie directed by Cate Shortland, 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 Good German (2006)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and mystery
An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between…
2
Watcher (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery
As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.
3
Penthouse North (2013)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and drama
After losing her sight while working as a photojournalist in Afghanistan, Sara Frost, now reclusive, lives quietly in a New York penthouse with her boyfriend, until a smooth but sadistic criminal looking for a hidden…
4
The Postcard Killings (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller
After suffering a personal tragedy, and desperate for justice, Jacob Kanon, a veteran New York City police detective, embarks on the search for a twisted killer who is leaving a bloody trail of elaborate murders across…
5
Savaged (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and horror
After thugs brutalize a deaf-mute woman, the spirit of an Apache warrior takes over her lifeless body and sets out on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.
6
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and thriller
A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.
7
Suspiria (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mystery
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will…
8
Blackwater Lane (2024)
★ 6/10Also thriller and drama
An American school teacher in England drives past an abandoned car late one night, unaware that the driver was the victim of a murder. As she comes to terms with the realization, seemingly supernatural events start to…
9
I Am All Girls (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mystery
A special crimes investigator forms an unlikely bond with a serial killer to bring down a global child sex trafficking syndicate.
10
The Vanishing (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama
The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.
11
Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
12
Black Butterfly (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mystery
Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried…
13
Nocebo (2022)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thriller
A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying…
14
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.
15
Bordertown (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mystery
American corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for…
16
Shirley (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller
A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
17
Flowers in the Attic (1987)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and mystery
After the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic, visited only by their…
18
Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS (1975)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror
Ilsa, a warden at a Nazi death camp that conducts experiments on prisoners, strives to prove that women can withstand more pain and suffering than men, and therefore should be allowed to fight on the frontlines.
19
Triage (2009)
★ 6/10Also drama and thriller
The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.
20
A Mighty Heart (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and thriller
Based on Mariane Pearl's account of the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband, Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl's life and death.