Movies thrillers about a double life

The list of the best films of thrillers about a double life, selected by visitors of our site: Gone Girl, The Departed, Mr. Brooks, The Next Three Days, Dear John, The Devil's Double, The Grey, The Ledge, Limitless, The Ides of March.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:29

    With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Hong Kong
    Duration02:31

    To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration02:13

      A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

        Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. A romance occurs and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. She promises to write John overseas until he returns.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrethriller, drama, biography
        CountryBelgium, Netherlands
        Duration01:49

        A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life through the eyes of the man who was forced to become the double of Hussein's sadistic son.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrethriller, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:57

          An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA, Germany, Saudi Arabia
          Duration01:41

          A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA, Mexico
          Duration01:45

          A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic and provocative film.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

            Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:51

            Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genrethriller, drama, history
            CountryUSA, Germany, India
            Duration02:39

              During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genrethriller, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:57

              Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes a backseat when a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door.

              Markimdb: 8.2
              Genrethriller, drama, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:18

              World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genrethriller, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
              Duration02:10

                Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.

                Markimdb: 6.6
                Genreaction, thriller, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:42

                  An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.

                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada

                  An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

                  Markimdb: 7.8
                  Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
                  CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India

                  What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

                  Markimdb: 6.8
                  Genreaction, thriller
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:34

                  A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Stanton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.

                  Markimdb: 8.1
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:33

                    When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

                    Markimdb: 6.5
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:35

                    Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands in this imaginative and emotional drama.

                    Markimdb: 7.6
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountrySpain, USA
                    Duration02:00

                    A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

                    Markimdb: 6.3
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:50

                    A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.

                    Markimdb: 6.7
                    Genrethriller, drama
                    CountryUSA, Japan
                    Duration01:50

                    A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.

                    Markimdb: 6.6
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:48

                    When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...

                    Markimdb: 7.1
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:02

                    A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.

                    Markimdb: 6.5
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:45

                    Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.

                    Markimdb: 7.6
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:39

                    The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

                    Markimdb: 8
                    Genrethriller, detective
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                    Duration02:18

                    A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover – but things aren’t exactly as they seem.

                    Markimdb: 7.8
                    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:14

                      The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

                      Markimdb: 7
                      Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime, biography
                      CountryUSA, Germany, Canada
                      Duration01:53

                      Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

                      Markimdb: 7.6
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                      Duration01:59

                      Match Point is Woody Allen’s satire of the British High Society and the ambition of a young tennis instructor to enter into it. Yet when he must decide between two women - one assuring him his place in high society, and the other that would bring him far from it - palms start to sweat and a dark psychological match in his head begins.

                      Markimdb: 7.5
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:04

                      Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.

                      Markimdb: 7.1
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA

                      In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

                      Markimdb: 8
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:20

                      Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.

                      Markimdb: 6.5
                      Genrethriller, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:00

                      Danny Ocean reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.

                      Markimdb: 7.9
                      Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA

                      Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, Jonathan turns instead to his fantasies — moonlighting as a private detective — because he wants to be a hero and a man of action.

                      Markimdb: 5.9
                      Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:41

                      Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a strange message from an unknown source. The message is coded. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout she remains in contact with this unknown person, who needs Terry to help save his life.

                      Markimdb: 6.6
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
                      Duration01:35

                      A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.

                      Markimdb: 6.8
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:47

                        Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

                        Markimdb: 7.3
                        Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
                        CountryGermany, USA
                        Duration02:14

                        The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.

                        Markimdb: 6.5
                        Genrethriller, detective
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:36

                          Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

                          Markimdb: 7.8
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime
                          CountryUSA, Canada
                          Duration01:27

                          Trevor is a troubled high school student, thanks to the effects of bullying. This is the story of his fight to break free.

                          Markimdb: 7
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:56

                          John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.

                          Markimdb: 7.8
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:58

                            When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

                            Markimdb: 7
                            Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, military
                            CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Canada, Belgium, USA
                            Duration01:47

                            France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.

                            Markimdb: 8.5
                            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                            CountryUSA, Germany
                            Duration01:46

                            Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

                            Markimdb: 6.4
                            Genrethriller, drama, detective
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration01:40

                            Best friends Alice and Darlene take a trip to Thailand after graduating high school. In Thailand, they meet a captivating Australian man, who calls himself Nick Parks. Darlene is particularly smitten with Nick and convinces Alice to take Nick up on his offer to treat the two of them to what amounts to a day trip to Hong Kong. In the airport, the girls are seized by the police and shocked to discover that one of their bags contains heroin.

                            Markimdb: 7.3
                            Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
                            CountryUSA, Germany
                            Duration01:49

                            Aileen Wuornos is an emotionally scarred highway hooker who shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.

                            Markimdb: 8
                            Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration02:10

                            Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.




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