Movies Like This Can't Happen Here
If you liked This Can't Happen Here (1950), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Ingmar Bergman, 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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Hunting Grounds (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerDesperate 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…
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Stowaway (2022)
★ 6/10Also mystery and 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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Zip Wire (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also thrillerWhen her ground-breaking pharmaceutical discovery is stolen and partner murdered, researcher Amy must face her fear of heights to escape nefarious attackers, with the only path to salvation being a treacherous aerial…
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Chief of Station (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerAfter learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he…
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Nocebo (2022)
★ 6/10Also mystery and thrillerA 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…
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The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mysteryReclusive 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…
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All the Devils Are Here (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerAfter a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.
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Overdrive (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mysteryMaster car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.
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The Mean Season (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerA routine investigation of a shocking murder takes a bizarre twist when the killer contacts the reporter and appoints him his personal spokesman. As the killer's calls and clues increase, the reporter is lured into a…
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Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thrillerA young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants.
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River Wild (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thrillerFollows a pair of siblings who love but distrust each other as they embark on a white-water rafting trip with a small group. One of their friends from childhood turns out to be more dangerous than he appears.
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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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The Ritual Killer (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and thrillerUnable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an…
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Eradication (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerWhen an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…
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Last Man Down (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mysteryAfter civilization succumbs to a deadly pandemic and his wife is murdered, a special forces soldier abandons his duty and becomes a hermit in the Nordic wilderness. Years later, a wounded woman appears on his doorstep…
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Stolen Girl (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerIn 1993, Maureen’s six-year-old daughter Amina is snuck out of the country by her ex-husband, Karim. After years of unsuccessful attempts to find her, Maureen intersects with a professional retriever of internationally…
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Hider in the House (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerA deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.
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Hunting Season (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also thrillerWhen a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.
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The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thrillerA psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.
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Asylum (2005)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerA woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.