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Movies Like The Comfort of Strangers

If you liked The Comfort of Strangers (1990), a thriller movie directed by Paul Schrader, 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. 1Rogue Agent

    Rogue Agent (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    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.

  2. 2Hannibal

    Hannibal (2001)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He…

  3. 3Heat

    Heat (1986)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together to move to Venice, Italy.

  4. 4Unfaithful

    Unfaithful (2002)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

  5. 5The Talented Mr. Ripley

    The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller

    Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his…

  6. 6June and John

    June and John (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    John leads an ordinary life with a monotonous routine. One day John runs into a woman on the subway who is as beautiful as she is mysterious named June. His encounter with her finally leads him to have a goal in his…

  7. 7Succubus

    Succubus (2024)

    ★ 8.3/10Also thriller

    A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he…

  8. 8X

    X (2011)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    A veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder which sends them on an out-of-control roller coaster ride through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale.

  9. 9Hunting Grounds

    Hunting Grounds (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    Desperate to find refuge for her children, Chloe Marvino runs away from her Mafia tied husband, and finds shelter in a cabin with a recluse drifter named Jake. But as her husband's henchmen draw closer to her, it turns…

  10. 10Bad Sister

    Bad Sister (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a…

  11. 11Heatwave

    Heatwave (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.

  12. 12Attraction

    Attraction (2001)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.

  13. 13Original Sin

    Original Sin (2001)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.

  14. 14A Haunting in Venice

    A Haunting in Venice (2023)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is…

  15. 15Trust

    Trust (2021)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    Set in the glamour of the New York and Paris art scenes, gallery owner Brooke Gatwick and her newscaster husband Owen Shore, face temptation, jealousy, twists and mystery when two seductive newcomers enter their lives.

  16. 16The Best Man

    The Best Man (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Mercenaries seize control of a remote resort hotel during a wedding and it's up to the best man, the groom and their drunken best friend to stop the terrorists and save the hostages.

  17. 17Addicted

    Addicted (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.

  18. 18Beyond the Reach

    Beyond the Reach (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    A high-rolling corporate shark and his impoverished young guide play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert.

  19. 19The Devil's Double

    The Devil's Double (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.

  20. 20Shades of Desire

    Shades of Desire (2023)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.

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