Thriller movies about the lake

List of the best lake thriller movies selected by visitors to our site: The Invisible Guest, Room, Argo, Prisoners, Bad Times at the El Royale, Split, Disconnect, Shutter Island, Man on a Ledge, 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
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountrySpain
Duration01:49

"The Invisible Guest” turns on a young businessman who wakes up in a hotel room locked from the inside with the dead body of his lover next to him. He hires a prestigious lawyer, and over one night they work together to clarify what happened in a frenetic race against time.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrethriller, drama
CountryCanada, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
Duration02:32

Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrethriller, drama, biography
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:00

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

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: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Japan
    Duration02:27

    Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

      Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality into our daily use of technology that mediates and defines our relationships and ultimately our lives.

      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: 6.6
      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.

        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: 6.4
          Genrethriller, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, Spain, Hungary, Serbia
          Duration01:50

          A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.

          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
          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: 7.5
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:52

            After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:20

              A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrethriller, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:52

              A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genrethriller, drama
              CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
              Duration02:18

              Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genreaction, thriller, detective
              CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, France, USA
              Duration01:53

              An American biologist attending a conference in Berlin awakens from a coma after a car accident, only to discover that someone has taken his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. With the help of an illegal immigrant and a former Stazi agent, he sets out to prove who he is and find out why people are trying to kill him.

              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: 7
                Genrethriller, drama, detective
                CountrySpain, United Kingdom, USA, France
                Duration01:35

                Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

                Markimdb: 6.7
                Genrethriller, detective
                CountryRussia, USA, United Kingdom, Cyprus

                Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, Amy Whitaker, a journalist, creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.

                Markimdb: 6.9
                Genrethriller, drama
                CountryUSA

                Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were dispatched to check on him.

                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: 6.3
                Genrehorror, thriller
                CountryUSA

                On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.

                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: 7.4
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:54

                  An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.

                  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: 6.9
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
                  CountryUSA, Germany
                  Duration01:52

                    Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the Mazursky family, as Johnny and his 'gang' kidnap Jake's 15 year old brother and holds him hostage. Problem now is what to do with 'stolen boy?'

                    Markimdb: 7.7
                    Genrethriller, drama
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:18

                    When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.

                    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: 6.3
                    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: 7.5
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:30

                      A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

                      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: 6.3
                      Genrethriller, drama, detective
                      CountryUSA, Australia, Luxembourg, Canada
                      Duration01:53

                      When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret..

                      Markimdb: 7.4
                      Genrethriller, crime
                      CountryUSA

                      A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

                      Markimdb: 6.4
                      Genreaction, thriller, crime
                      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                      Duration01:42

                      Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

                      Markimdb: 7.5
                      Genrethriller, comedy, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:43

                        A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

                        Markimdb: 7.7
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration02:10

                        An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a 3rd person in the room. The intensity builds when a surprise twist alters everyone's perception of the crime.

                        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: 6.7
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime
                          CountryUSA, France, Canada
                          Duration01:51

                          One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.

                          Markimdb: 7.1
                          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
                          CountryUSA, Germany
                          Duration01:42

                          A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.

                          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: 6.7
                          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:55

                            A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

                            Markimdb: 6.7
                            Genreaction, thriller
                            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                            Duration01:35

                              A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

                              Markimdb: 7.3
                              Genrethriller, drama, crime
                              CountryGermany, USA, Mexico
                              Duration02:00

                              A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.

                              Markimdb: 6.5
                              Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                              CountryUSA
                              Duration01:46

                              The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.

                              Markimdb: 6.6
                              Genrethriller, drama, crime
                              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                              Duration01:47

                              When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.

                              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: 7.4
                              Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                              CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, USA
                              Duration02:19

                              Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

                              Markimdb: 7.4
                              Genrethriller, drama, crime
                              CountryUSA
                              Duration02:00

                              A widescreen, Technicolor remake by Hitchcock of his 1934 film of the same title. A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.




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