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Movies Like The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting

If you liked The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1978), a drama and mystery movie directed by Raúl Ruiz, 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. 1Remember

    Remember (2015)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and mystery

    With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.

  2. 2The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  3. 3The Caveman's Valentine

    The Caveman's Valentine (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and mystery

    Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim…

  4. 4Out 1

    Out 1 (1990)

    ★ 7.2/10Also mystery and drama

    While two theater groups rehearse plays by Aeschylus, two solitary individuals wander the Parisian streets hustling the populace for cash.

  5. 5Donovan's Echo

    Donovan's Echo (2011)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery and drama

    A series of uncanny déjà vu events force a man to re-examine his tragic past, memory, instinct, and future.

  6. 6Inseparable

    Inseparable (2012)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and mystery

    A troubled engineer faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. American expat Chuck, rescues him from the brink of despair and becomes an unlikely mentor.

  7. 7Brand Upon the Brain!

    Brand Upon the Brain! (2007)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery

    After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.

  8. 8The Good Doctor

    The Good Doctor (2011)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and mystery

    Dr. Martin Blake, who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient named Diane, suffering from a kidney infection, and gets a much-needed boost of self-esteem. However, when her health starts…

  9. 9The Murdered House

    The Murdered House (1988)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery

    After World War I, a young ex-soldier, Sébastien Monge, returns to his home village. Ignorant of his past, he learns that, 24 years before, his entire family was slain in their home one stormy night. Only Sébastien…

  10. 10The Deep End of the Ocean

    The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery

    A 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.

  11. 11Innocence

    Innocence (2005)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and mystery

    At a peculiar all-girls academy, new arrivals, including Iris, are delivered in coffins. Guided by enigmatic teachers, the students dance through enchanted woods by day, while the night unveils sinister lessons that…

  12. 12A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery

    A Beautiful Place to Die: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery (2020)

    ★ 7.7/10Also mystery and drama

    After being forced into early retirement, former detective Jeff Jackson returns to a quiet life on Martha's Vineyard. Quiet, at least, until a body washes up and he's drawn back into crime solving.

  13. 13Puncture

    Puncture (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and mystery

    Based on a true story. Mike Weiss (Chris Evans) is a brilliant but self-destructive Houston attorney whose drug addiction threatens to destroy his career. When he and his law partner Paul Danziger (Mark Kassen) take on…

  14. 14Triage

    Triage (2009)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and mystery

    The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.

  15. 15Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery

    Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery (2017)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery

    In the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hughes, owner of a construction company and an expert in Victorian home restoration and…

  16. 16The Adversary

    The Adversary (2002)

    ★ 6.6/10Also mystery and drama

    Based on the 2000 book of the same name by Emmanuel Carrère, it is inspired by the real-life story of Jean-Claude Romand. L'Adversaire's protagonist Jean-Marc Faure (Auteuil) pursues an imaginary career as a doctor of…

  17. 17Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

    Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and mystery

    When Jenn's old pal Sandra becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, it'll be up to her to discover who done it before time runs out.

  18. 18Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

    Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery

    Nancy 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…

  19. 19Outside Satan

    Outside Satan (2011)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery

    Along the Côte d'Opale, near a hamlet, with its dunes and marshes, lives a mysterious wanderer from nowhere who struggles along, poaches, prays, and builds fires.

  20. 20Agatha and the Midnight Murders

    Agatha and the Midnight Murders (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and drama

    As bombs fall on London, writer Agatha Christie decides it is time to kill off her most famous creation.

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