Movies Like Death on the Island
If you liked Death on the Island (2008), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Philippe Setbon, 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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The Translators (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thrillerNine translators, hired to translate the eagerly awaited final book of a bestselling trilogy, are confined in a luxurious bunker.
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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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Mr. Arkadin (1955)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery and thrillerClaiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of detective work. Gregory Arkadin says he can't remember anything before the late 1920s, and convict Guy Van Stratten is happy…
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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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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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The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
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Inspector Lavardin (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also mysteryInspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.
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Brotherhood of Tears (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thrillerGabriel Chevalier, 45 years old, is an ex-policeman. Unemployed, lonely and depressed,he lives like a ghost and hardly takes care of his only teenage child Juliette. One day, by pure chance, he finds a suspicious but…
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Without Apparent Motive (1971)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thrillerA series of murders is committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge and tries to find a missing link between all these murders.
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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 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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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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Breaking Point (2024)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerMathieu owes everything to his friend Vincent : his house, his job, and even his life, ten years ago. With their wives, they are an inseparable quartet, and live the easy life on the French Riviera. But Mathieu…
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Boom! (1968)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerSecluding herself in an island mansion in the Mediterranean with her servants and nurses, the wealthy Flora "Sissy" Goforth prepares for her impending death -- and she isn't the only one who's waiting. Known for his…
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Diabolically Yours (1967)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerA wealthy amnesiac begins to suspect that his devoted wife is not really his wife and that he is not the man people keep telling him he is.
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Unsubmissives (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also thrillerEarly 1990’s, south of France. Katy, Hélène, Laurence and Carole have been best friends since childhood. Now in their twenties, they find themselves struggling with hardship and limited opportunities in their sunny…
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Suburbicon (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and mysteryIn the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…
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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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Let Her Kill You (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mysteryAlone in the mountains of Switzerland, Anne discovers that her isolated chalet is on surveillance and has been bugged. Caught up by her former life as an intelligence secret agent and an affair with her handler, Anne…
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Trigger Point (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mysteryNicolas Shaw is a retired U.S. special operative who becomes part of an elite 'invisible' team that quietly takes out the worst villains around the world.