Movies Like The Box Car Trap
If you liked The Box Car Trap (1915), a thriller movie directed by J.P. McGowan, 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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Black Widow (1987)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerFederal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple…
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Chief of Station (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerAfter learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he…
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Conflict (1945)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerUnhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.
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Safety Last! (1923)
★ 7.7/10Also thrillerWhen a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
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Strange but True (2019)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
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Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerWhen a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
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No Name on the Bullet (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerWhen hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
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Sleep, My Love (1948)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerA 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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What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerTwo middle-aged women move to Hollywood after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.
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The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also 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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Nightfall (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerAn innocent man turns fugitive as he reconstructs events that implicate him for a murder and robbery he did not commit.
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Ballistic (2026)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerWhen a soldier's mother discovers the bullet that killed her son in Afghanistan was made at the factory where she works, she sets out on a path of revenge against those responsible.
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Unseen (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerSam receives a call from Emily, a near blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. Can she survive using Sam as her eyes via video call?
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The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also 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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Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerTwo couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
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On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerWith the help of Marc-Ange Draco, head of the Unione Corse crime syndicate, and Draco's troubled daughter Tracy, James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Stravro Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss Alps…
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Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerWhen five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate in the hopes of…
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The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerWisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…
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Vertigo (1958)
★ 8.1/10Also thrillerA retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
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The Escapist (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerFrank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined to make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an…