Movies Like The Simplest Thing in the World
If you liked The Simplest Thing in the World (2017), a drama and mystery movie directed by Caio Amaral, 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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Nancy (2018)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and dramaNancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.
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The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama and 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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Detour (1945)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thrillerThe life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
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Seeds of Yesterday (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and dramaThe Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store as the curse lives on.
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Time Without Pity (1957)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mysteryAlec 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…
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Sleep, My Love (1948)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mysteryA woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
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Point Blank (1967)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and dramaAfter 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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The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mysteryA three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.
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Dinner Rush (2000)
★ 7/10Also drama and thrillerOne unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile…
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The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and thrillerAfter a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
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Lord of the Flies (1963)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and thrillerFollowing a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to…
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The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thrillerWhen their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
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The Prize (1963)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thrillerA 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…
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A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerWhitney Cameron is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn, but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that…
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Airport (1970)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and thrillerAn airport manager tries to keep his terminals open during a snowstorm, while a suicide bomber plots to blow up a Boeing 707 airliner in flight.
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23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thrillerPhilip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child. When he gets no help from the police, he along with his butler…
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Extortion (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thrillerA doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thrillerJane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
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Strangers on a Train (1951)
★ 7.7/10Also thriller and dramaA charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
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Reality (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and thrillerAugusta, Georgia, United States, June 3, 2017. After running some errands, Reality Winner returns home, where she is approached by two men.