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Movies Like Unwritten Obsession

If you liked Unwritten Obsession (2017), a thriller and tv movie movie directed by David Martín Porras, 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. 1Double Indemnity

    Double Indemnity (1944)

    ★ 8.1/10Also thriller

    An insurance representative is seduced by a dissatisfied housewife into a scheme of insurance fraud and murder that arouses the suspicion of his colleague, a claims investigator.

  2. 2The Words

    The Words (2012)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to…

  3. 3Dial M for Murder

    Dial M for Murder (1954)

    ★ 8/10Also thriller

    When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.

  4. 4The Invitation

    The Invitation (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that…

  5. 5Sorry, Wrong Number

    Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.

  6. 6Pretty Poison

    Pretty Poison (1968)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    A troubled arsonist spins a tale of espionage to a captivating girl, who becomes enthralled and entangled in his dangerous fantasies, leading to unexpected murder and chaos that change their lives forever.

  7. 7Maniac

    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.

  8. 8Pickup on South Street

    Pickup on South Street (1953)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller

    In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…

  9. 9On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    With the help of Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse crime syndicate, and Draco's troubled daughter Tracy, James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Stravro Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss Alps…

  10. 10Leave Her to Heaven

    Leave Her to Heaven (1945)

    ★ 7.5/10Also thriller

    A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.

  11. 11Deathtrap

    Deathtrap (1982)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

  12. 12Beauty & the Briefcase

    Beauty & the Briefcase (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10Also tv movie

    A freelance writer looking for romance sells a story to Cosmopolitan magazine about finding love in the workplace and goes undercover at a Finance Company.

  13. 13LaRoy, Texas

    LaRoy, Texas (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    Broke and depressed, Ray is mistaken for a dangerous hitman and given an envelope of cash. Along with his P.I. friend Skip, he must escape the actual hitman to make it out of LaRoy alive.

  14. 14The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  15. 15Time Without Pity

    Time Without Pity (1957)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a…

  16. 16The Prize

    The Prize (1963)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is…

  17. 17Love, Classified

    Love, Classified (2022)

    ★ 6.6/10Also tv movie

    Romance novelist Emilia is a whirlwind who blows back into the lives of her adult children, Taylor and Zach, under the pretense of a book signing arranged by her hometown's local book shop. As Emilia tries to…

  18. 18The Night Stalker

    The Night Stalker (1972)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and tv movie

    Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…

  19. 19Black 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…

  20. 20Point Blank

    Point Blank (1967)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller

    After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the rather inconsequential sum of money that was stolen from him.

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