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Movies Like Murder in Mind

If you liked Murder in Mind (1997), a thriller movie directed by Andrew Morahan, 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. 1The Infernal Machine

    The Infernal Machine (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    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. 2Blackwood

    Blackwood (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home…

  3. 3The Unsaid

    The Unsaid (2001)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man.

  4. 4Tyler Perry's Duplicity

    Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    High-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned…

  5. 5Nocebo

    Nocebo (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A 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…

  6. 6180

    180 (2026)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    When an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.

  7. 7Frank 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…

  8. 8Awake

    Awake (2007)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make…

  9. 9The Experiment

    The Experiment (2010)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller

    20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

  10. 10Stonehearst Asylum

    Stonehearst Asylum (2014)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

  11. 11Hider 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.

  12. 12Wardriver

    Wardriver (2026)

    ★ 7.5/10Also thriller

    He’s a Wardriver: a hacker who steals from banks, not people—until he’s noticed. Now the money turns violent, and the woman caught in it could save him or kill them both.

  13. 13The Call

    The Call (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller

    Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a…

  14. 14Blackwater Lane

    Blackwater Lane (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    An American school teacher in England drives past an abandoned car late one night, unaware that the driver was the victim of a murder. As she comes to terms with the realization, seemingly supernatural events start to…

  15. 15Flashback

    Flashback (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Frederick Fitzell is living his best life—until he starts having horrific visions of Cindy, a girl who vanished in high school. After reaching out to old friends with whom he used to take a mystery drug called Mercury…

  16. 16Canary Black

    Canary Black (2024)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Top level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the…

  17. 17Shadow Dancer

    Shadow Dancer (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    In 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.

  18. 18Suburbicon

    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…

  19. 19Blue Velvet

    Blue Velvet (1986)

    ★ 7.6/10Also thriller

    The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.

  20. 20Caged

    Caged (2021)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    An African American male is imprisoned and placed in solitary confinement after being found guilty of murdering his wife, as he's haunted by internal demons and his dead wife, and pushed to the breaking point by an…

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