Movies Like Head Above Water
If you liked Head Above Water (1993), a comedy and thriller movie directed by Nils Gaup, 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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Secret Window (2004)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerMort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey…
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A Perfect Getaway (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerFor their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick…
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Double Jeopardy (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerLibby Parsons, wrongly convicted of her husband Nick's murder, thinks he is still alive. She survives the long years in prison with two burning desires sustaining her -- finding her son and solving the mystery that…
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Lou (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerA young girl is kidnapped during a powerful storm. Her mother joins forces with her mysterious neighbour to set off in pursuit of the kidnapper. Their journey will test their limits and expose the dark secrets of their…
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Body Heat (1981)
★ 7/10Also thrillerDuring an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.
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Very Bad Things (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and thrillerKyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes…
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Into the Night (1985)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and comedyEd Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.
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The Woman in the Window (2021)
★ 6/10Also thrillerAn agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.
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Stowaway (2022)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and…
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Across the Hall (2009)
★ 6/10Also thrillerConvinced that his fiancee is cheating on him, a man follows her to a hotel and calls his best friend to help him avoid a calamity.
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In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerWhen her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
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Dangerous (2021)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…
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Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
★ 6/10Also comedyThe story of best friends Barb and Star, who leave their small midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar, Florida, where they soon find themselves tangled up in adventure, love, and a…
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Traffik (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerA couple off for a romantic weekend in the mountains are accosted by a biker gang. Alone in the mountains, Brea and John must defend themselves against the gang, who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.
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Let's Go to Prison (2006)
★ 6/10Also comedyWhen a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.
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The Wrong Guy (1997)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and thrillerNelson Hibbert expects to become the new president of Nagel Industries, but Mr. Nagel gives the promotion to another employee. When Nelson barges into Nagel's office to confront him, he finds Nagel's been murdered…
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Over Your Dead Body (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and thrillerA dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to "reconnect", but each has secret intentions to kill the other.
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2 Days in the Valley (1996)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and thrillerIn a sleepy bedroom community of LA's San Fernando Valley, the murder of a professional athlete by two hit men sets into motion a chain of events that puts the mundane lives of a dozen residents on a collision course…
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Cheap Thrills (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and thrillerRecently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price.
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Blue Velvet (1986)
★ 7.6/10Also thrillerThe 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.