Movies Like Knives and Skin
If you liked Knives and Skin (2019), a drama and mystery movie directed by Jennifer Reeder, 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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White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and dramaIn 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.
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Cracks (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mysteryJealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.
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Horns (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thrillerIn the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
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The Village (2004)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mysteryWhen a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
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The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)
★ 6/10Also thriller and dramaAs the 15th anniversary of a fatal high school shooting approaches, former pupil Diana McFee is haunted by memories of the tragedy. After losing her best friend Maureen in the attack, Diana has been profoundly affected…
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Caddo Lake (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and thrillerWhen an 8-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes on Caddo Lake, a series of past deaths and disappearances begin to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history.
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Brick (2006)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and mysteryA teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
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Barron's Cove (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and dramaWhen his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician -- the father of the…
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Every Secret Thing (2014)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mysteryOne clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released into a town that hasn't fully forgiven or forgotten. Soon, another…
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Secret in Their Eyes (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mysteryA tight-knit team of FBI investigators, along with their District Attorney supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.
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Donnie Darko (2001)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and mysteryAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
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Inheritance (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mysteryThe patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy their lives.
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Angel of Mine (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and thrillerA woman grieving over the death of her daughter loses grip of reality when she begins to think her girl may still be alive.
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Too Late (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and mysteryPrivate investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.
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Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and thrillerA successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
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The Ritual Killer (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and thrillerUnable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an…
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Prisoners (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also drama and thrillerAfter his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search…
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The Clovehitch Killer (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and mysteryA picture-perfect family is torn apart after Tyler finds a cache of disturbing images in his father's possession. He begins to suspect that the man he trusts most in the world may be responsible for the murder of 13…
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Suburbicon (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and dramaIn 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…
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Not Without Hope (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaA group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.