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Movies Like The Disappearance of Harry

If you liked The Disappearance of Harry (1982), a movie directed by Joseph Despins, 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 Drama

    The Drama (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A happily engaged couple is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails.

  2. 2Solitary Man

    Solitary Man (2009)

    ★ 5.9/10

    A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.

  3. 3Smart People

    Smart People (2008)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the…

  4. 4The Odd Life of Timothy Green

    The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)

    ★ 7/10

    A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.

  5. 5Persuasion

    Persuasion (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth - the dashing one she once sent away - crashes back into her life, Anne…

  6. 6The Dark Corner

    The Dark Corner (1946)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in…

  7. 7Picture Perfect

    Picture Perfect (1997)

    ★ 5.9/10

    A young advertising executive's life becomes increasingly complicated when, in order to impress her boss, she pretends to be engaged to a man she has just met.

  8. 8Agatha and the Truth of Murder

    Agatha and the Truth of Murder (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10

    England, December 1926. Although her personal life is in tatters, the famous writer Agatha Christie decides to leave everything behind to help unravel an unsolved murder committed on a train six years ago, unable to…

  9. 9Gone Girl

    Gone Girl (2014)

    ★ 7.9/10

    With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

  10. 10The Getaway

    The Getaway (1994)

    ★ 5.8/10

    An ex-con and his devoted wife must flee from danger when a heist doesn't go as planned.

  11. 11Jawbone

    Jawbone (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…

  12. 12Melody

    Melody (1971)

    ★ 7/10

    Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible.

  13. 13Breaking & Exiting

    Breaking & Exiting (2018)

    ★ 6/10

    Harry, a charming house thief, gets more than he bargains for during an attempted burglary when he stumbles upon Daisy and decides to save her from herself, sending both of them into a darkly comedic journey of self…

  14. 14Holy Lands

    Holy Lands (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10

    When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife…

  15. 15Ferrari

    Ferrari (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the…

  16. 16Harriet the Spy

    Harriet the Spy (1996)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Harriet may only be in the sixth grade, but she's already found her calling: to be a spy. In a private journal she takes everywhere, Harriet records suspicious activity and keeps a running list of observations on…

  17. 17The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

    The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. She is a cold businesswoman; he is the district attorney: a perfect…

  18. 18Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the…

  19. 19Seeking Justice

    Seeking Justice (2011)

    ★ 5.9/10

    After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.

  20. 20What a Way to Go!

    What a Way to Go! (1964)

    ★ 7.1/10

    A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.

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