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Movies Like Cover Story

If you liked Cover Story (1993), a thriller movie directed by Gregg Smith, 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. 1Frank and Penelope

    Frank and Penelope (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller

    A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…

  2. 2Dressed to Kill

    Dressed to Kill (1980)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing…

  3. 3Black Widow

    Black Widow (1987)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple…

  4. 4Shades 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.

  5. 5Bad 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…

  6. 6The Town that Dreaded Sundown

    The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

  7. 7In Secret

    In Secret (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching…

  8. 8Strange Darling

    Strange Darling (2024)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.

  9. 9Hider in the House

    Hider in the House (1989)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.

  10. 10Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

  11. 11Night of the Hunted

    Night of the Hunted (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also 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…

  12. 12Suburbicon

    Suburbicon (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    In 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…

  13. 13Hunting 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…

  14. 14Accident Man

    Accident Man (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.

  15. 15Succubus

    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…

  16. 16Lights Out

    Lights Out (2024)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller

    A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he cares about.

  17. 17Chief of Station

    Chief of Station (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    After 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…

  18. 18Savaged

    Savaged (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    After thugs brutalize a deaf-mute woman, the spirit of an Apache warrior takes over her lifeless body and sets out on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.

  19. 19Daddy's Little Girl

    Daddy's Little Girl (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    After the police find Derek’s daughter brutally murdered on the beach, he vows to make the culprit suffer for his actions, even if that person is ‘part of the family.’ With careful research into the history of torture…

  20. 20Eradication

    Eradication (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    When 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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