20 best movies like Cry Wolf (2005)


List of the best movies like Cry Wolf (2005): The Invisible, An American Haunting, Black Coal, Thin Ice, Smiley, Night School, The Call, Fingerprints, Striking Distance, Young Sherlock Holmes, Night Moves.

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Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Sweden, South Africa
Duration01:42

After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him is his attacker.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, Romania, USA
Duration01:23

Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryChina
Duration01:50

Two former cops start investigating the series of murders that tanked their careers when the killings begin again.

Markimdb: 3.4
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:35

    After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named SMILEY can be summoned through the Internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley's next victim.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    A Boston police detective investigates a series of gruesome decapitations of various college coeds commited by a helmeted, black-leather clad serial killer which leads him to suspect a well known anthropology professor as well as his female live-in assistant.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA

    Fresh out of rehab, a young woman moves back in with her parents and sister, and soon becomes involved in a mystery that has left people in her town paralyzed.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo Christman, navigate the three rivers looking for clues and discovering bodies. This time the victims are women Tom knows, he must find the killer to prove his innocence.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, fantasy, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:49

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, crime, detective, film noir
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA

    Shy and reserved, Claire Decker, 30ish, is a part-time investigator for Social Services. Typically, she solves cases where senior citizens have died alone, leaving no indication of who must handle their estate. This time however, Claire is reluctantly drawn into a puzzling murder case. The local police have been unable to solve the horrific crime, or even decipher the victim's true identity. A beautiful and enigmatic young blond, known only as "The White Orchid," has been brutally murdered. As Claire is drawn deeper and more intimately into the dead woman's life, she finds herself taking dangerous chances and pushing personal and professional boundaries. As she gets closer to the truth, Claire must effectively become the charismatic "White Orchid" in order to solve the mysterious crime.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, USA, Russia
    Duration02:21

    Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryGermany
    Duration02:06

    Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, USA
    Duration02:03

    After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.

    Markimdb: 4
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:21

    A limo ride turns hellish as several kidnappers set their sights on the young people inside.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:59

    A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game, Hangman.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    On a beautiful college campus, something ugly is about to be spread around. A bit of gossip that was told is starting to take a frightening turn. Who could it have offended and how far will the person on the other side of the gossip handle the embarrassing situation.

    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: 4.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:33

        Five friends are stalked and murdered by a masked assailant while preparing for Valentine's Day.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryIndia
        Duration02:08

        'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there's a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:41

          After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
          CountryAustralia, USA, Canada
          Duration01:20

          Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the "Blue Ribbons" are the eerie embodiment of academic excellence and clean living. But, like the rest of the town, they're a little too perfect. When Steve's rebellious friend Gavin mysteriously joins their ranks, Steve searches for the truth with fellow misfit Rachel.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrethriller, fantasy, family, detective
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:24

          No sooner does an all-American family takes possession of a baronial English manor when all manner of peculiar things occurring, including signs that point to the disappearance of a young girl during a solar eclipse decades before. Bette Davis headlines and Lynn-Holly Johnson co-stars in this suspenseful take on haunted houses.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA

          Claire Parker is going to die. At the hands of a sadistic and depraved killer, she will endure a terrifying, unimaginable brutal death--and it will all happen again. After being beaten, dragged, sliced, and stabbed, Claire awakens at work--where it all began--untouched and unharmed. But the hellish ordeal is far from over. The madman is back and he's ready for more blood...

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
          CountryCanada, France
          Duration01:37

          A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration01:30

          Simon Cable wakes up in a hospital bed, confused and disoriented. He soon discovers from doctors that he has amnesia and is unable to remember the last two years of his life. Cable investigates what has happened to him and slowly pieces together his enigmatic past.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryAustralia

          Three teens blackmail a serial killer into helping them get rid of a violent bully.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrethriller, crime, detective
          CountryUSA

          When Grace is accused of playing a role in a deadly accident, her best friend reaches out from beyond the grave to unveil the truth behind what happened.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrethriller, crime, detective
          CountryCanada, USA
          Duration01:47

          A tale about a happily married couple who would like to have children. Tracy teaches infants, Andy's a college professor. Things are never the same after she is taken to hospital and operated upon by Jed, a "know all" doctor.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryCanada
          Duration00:30

          Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:13

          When New York psychiatrist Bill Capa visits Los Angeles to take over his murdered colleague's therapy group, he finds himself embroiled in the thick of a mystery when he bumps into Rose and begins a torrid affair.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:55

          A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:22

          A Los Angeles detective and his Japanese partner woo an artist while solving a stripper's murder.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:46

          Bullying students are becoming deathly ill after screaming the name of a legendary ghost. What's to blame? An exotic illness? An illicit drug? Or is it the supernatural? The clues are few and time is running out for the students of Rogers High School. The only hope is the Veritas Project, a highly trained investigative team working undercover to expose the truth. Lives hang in the balance as they scramble to unravel the mystery and protect the student body from their own hatred and fear.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA

          When a teenage girl says she's the victim of a secret network called The Sisterhood of Night, a quiet suburban town becomes the backdrop for a modern-day Salem witch trial.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrethriller, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:58

          FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
          CountryArgentina
          Duration01:30

          Buenos Aires in the 1980s. Detective Chavez, a family man and a tough cop, once again must solve a mysterious crime. To reveal the identity of the murderer, Chavez must clarify the enigma waiting in ambush to capture his own heart. Passion surprises even the most astute detective. What will triumph: law or desire?

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:31

          After a seemingly innocent prank goes horribly wrong, a group of sorority sisters are stalked and murdered one by one in their sorority house while throwing a party to celebrate their graduation.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountrySouth Korea
          Duration01:44

          A web-comic artist finds that a series of murders are occurring that have a disturbing resemblance to the images in her work.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:13

          Lila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son’s murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own hands to track down her son’s killers.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, detective
          CountryUSA

          It's four years later, and a new group of students has been placed in Saturday detention at the infamous and prestigious Crestview Academy. When Siouxsie, sophomore 'undercrust,' crashes the party to avenge her sister's death, a Saturday detention reserved for the privileged seniors of Crestview Academy turns into a date in hell. It's not long before a naïve pussycat lover, gay drug dealer, smokin' hot preacher's daughter, squeaky-clean senator's son, and the uninvited younger outsider find themselves locked-up in school with no way out, wondering who (or what) has set them up. Hilarity and suspense ensue while each 'bad kid' pits one against the other, and one by one each falls victim to absurdly gruesome 'accidents' while trying to escape.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:31

          Wifes and children of the Mormon Orville Beecham become victims of a massacre in his own house. The police believes the crime had a religious motive. Orville doesn't give any comment on the case, is taken into protective custody. Journalist Smith persuades him to help him in the investigation - and finds out about economic motives for the murder.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:44

          Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't come back out. Kale and his friends, Ronnie and Ashley, start to grow more and more interested in what is actually happening within the house of Robert Turner.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:58

          Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago. Shortly afterward he finds himself stalked by the killer and is soon drawn to an old house where a mysterious Lady In White lives. As he discovers the secret of the woman he soon finds that the killer may be someone close to him.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, China
          Duration02:33

          Jack Reacher must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name. On the run as a fugitive from the law, Reacher uncovers a potential secret from his past that could change his life forever.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:21

          Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryFrance, USA
          Duration01:38

          Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The underground group is responsible for bombings all over town, attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society. He eventually penetrates the secret organization and must confront them.




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