Movies Like Secret Desires of a Housewife
If you liked Secret Desires of a Housewife (2004), a mystery and drama movie directed by Francis Locke, 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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Plunder Road (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
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Rear Window (1954)
★ 8.3/10Also mystery and dramaA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
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The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also dramaA 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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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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Reality (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaAugusta, Georgia, United States, June 3, 2017. After running some errands, Reality Winner returns home, where she is approached by two men.
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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
★ 7.5/10Also mysteryIn sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…
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The Girl (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaDirector Alfred Hitchcock is revered as one of the greatest creative minds in the history of cinema. Known for his psychological thrillers, Hitchcock’s leading ladies were cool, beautiful and preferably blonde. One…
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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 Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also mysteryAfter 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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Mildred Pierce (1945)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaA hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also mysteryNancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…
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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mysteryJane 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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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
★ 6.8/10Also mysteryLeona 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.
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The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and dramaAurora Teagarden is a beautiful young librarian with a passion for solving murders. After an exhaustive search for the perfect home, Aurora finally purchases her dream house, unaware of its murky history. As she…
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Gaslight (1944)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mysteryA newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
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Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and dramaThere is excitement in the air when a Hollywood crew comes to Lawrenceton to film a movie about the town’s sleuthy librarian, Aurora Teagarden. However, when the film’s leading lady is found murdered in her dressing…
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Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2017)
★ 7/10Also mystery and dramaLibrarian and real crime buff Aurora “Roe” Teagarden never liked Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, but she also never wanted to see him dead. When his body is found outside of Aurora’s home, she then becomes the main…
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The Blue Dahlia (1946)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and mysterySoon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
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Undercurrent (1946)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaAfter a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael…
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Love Finds You In Sugarcreek (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mysteryWill a mysterious stranger's past wreak havoc on a quiet Amish community after they've opened their doors -- and hearts -- to him and his son?