Movies Like Dolores

If you liked Dolores (2016), a tv movie and thriller movie directed by Michael Rösel, 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 Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mystery
Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…
2
Night of the Hunted (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller
When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…
3
Goodnight Mommy (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery
When twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
4
Buried Alive (1990)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and tv movie
A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous fish toxins backfires in surprising ways.
5
The Substitute 2: School's Out (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thriller
When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercenary, Karl signs on as a new substitute…
6
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and thriller
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to…
7
Terror Tract (2000)
★ 6/10Also thriller and tv movie
A real estate agent terrifies a couple with the grim fates of the previous owners of a house they're looking at.
8
When a Stranger Calls Back (1993)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and tv movie
Jill Johnson, now a crisis center counselor, reunites with retired detective John Clifford to hunt a killer stalking a coed.
9
Maniac Cop 2 (1990)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thriller
Undead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.
10
Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller
A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream…
11
Bloody Hell (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and thriller
A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell... only to arrive somewhere much worse. In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience.
12
Oldboy (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller
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.
13
The Children (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
14
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thriller
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled…
15
No Exit (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and mystery
Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which sets her on a terrifying struggle to…
16
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thriller
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
17
Thursday (1998)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and mystery
A former Los Angeles drug dealer moves far away to Texas, making a new life for himself as a married architect in the suburbs. His old crime partner unexpectedly shows up with heroin and gangster business, attracting a…
18
Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mystery
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
19
Evil Nanny (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and tv movie
A couple hires a live-in nanny to watch the offspring while they work. At first, everything goes perfectly, but when an unsafe incident means the parents no longer want the nanny around, they find out this nanny is…
20
Escape from Sobibor (1987)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and tv movie
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates and leads the escape of over 300 prisoners.