20 best movies like Hard Candy (2005)

List of the best movies like Hard Candy (2005): Fear, The Babysitter, Open House, On the Doll, Girls Against Boys, Death and the Maiden, Boy Wonder, Man on Fire, The Divide, The In Crowd.

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Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:32

A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA

Jennifer (Alicia Silverstone) is a lovely teen who has been hired to baby-sit the kids of Harry Tucker (J.T. Walsh) and his wife, Dolly (Lee Garlington). The Tuckers go to a party and proceed to get inebriated, with Mr. Tucker fantasizing about his beautiful baby sitter. Meanwhile, Jack (Jeremy London), her boyfriend, and Mark (Nicky Katt), another guy interested in her, decide to spy on Jennifer at the Tucker house, with each young man also fixated on her.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA

A murderous couple invade a woman's home and hold her captive in the basement.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA

A lurid, dark look into the lives of sex workers, where victims of child abuse deal with the consequences later in life.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:27

After a series of bad experiences with men, Shae teams up with her co-worker, Lu, who has a simple, deadly way of dealing with the opposite sex.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, France
Duration01:43

A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides what is right or wrong? As the boundaries blur, Sean's dual life wears on his psyche and his two worlds careen dangerously close to colliding. Like a graphic novel you can't put down, Boy Wonder challenges morality, distorting perceptions of what is right and what is justified, as it races to its shocking conclusion.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Mexico, Luxembourg
Duration02:26

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration02:02

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

A mentally disturbed young woman takes a job at a posh country club and falls in with a clique of wealthy college kids where she's taken under the wing of the clique's twisted leader, who harbors some dark secrets too terrifying to tell.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

A teenage vigilante seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and murdered her best friend.

Markimdb: 8
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:14

Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their relationship affected by simmering subconscious thoughts of mutual envy, hate and revenge.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genreaction, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his sworn enemy.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Spain, United Kingdom, France
Duration02:24

Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, biography
CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration01:39

    Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s spell.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    A suburban family is torn apart when fourteen-year-old Annie meets her first boyfriend online. After months of communicating via online chat and phone, Annie discovers her friend is not who he originally claimed to be. Shocked into disbelief, her parents are shattered by their daughter's actions and struggle to support her as she comes to terms with what has happened to her once innocent life.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    When Sarah lucks into a sweet one-bedroom at Asilo Del Mar Apartments in Los Angeles, she think she's hit the jackpot. It's got plenty of space, friendly tenants, group BBQs and even a cute neighbour next door. All is not what it seems: loud noises start keeping her awake at night; her cat is missing; everyone seems to be a little too helpful and friendly, except for the weirdo, Lester. Soon, Sarah learns she didn't choose this apartment — it chose her.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old daughter.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryMexico, USA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:30

    Professional killer Holland is forced out of retirement to break a Central American government's political torture ring when one of his friends, a Latin American journalist, is killed. The murderer, Doctor Clement Molloch, is the master sadist behind the political torture of innocent victims. Posing as a journalist, Holland lures Molloch out of his fortress-like headquarters by using his murdered friend's wife and daughter as bait. When Holland kidnaps Molloch's sister, the doctor is led on a wild chase that takes him to an abandoned opal mine where he finally comes face to face with Holland.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

      Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter Christian fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.

      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: 6.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:50

      How can a split-second decision change your life? While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of low-life burglar Freddy Russell. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father, Ben, rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryCanada
      Duration01:45

      Bruno Hamel is a thirty eight year old surgeon. He lives in Drummondville with his wife Sylvie, and their eight year-old daughter Jasmine. Like many happy people, he is leading an uneventful life until a beautiful fall afternoon, when his daughter is raped and murdered. From then on, the world of the Hamel family collapses. When the murderer is arrested, a terrible project germinates in Bruno's darkened mind. He plans to capture the "monster" and make him pay for his crime. The day the murderer appears in Court, Hamel, who had prepared his plan in great detail, kidnaps the monster and later sends the police a brief message stating that the rapist and murderer of his daughter was going to be tortured for 7 days and then executed. Once this task accomplished, he will then give himself up.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      A gritty coming of age thriller about a young girl sent to juvenile prison for the murder of her abusive step father. The film follows Anna Nix's journey into the dark world of an all girls jail where she discovers complex relationships, drugs, mental illness and her eventual search for redemption.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration01:30

      When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genreaction, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA, Belgium, Bulgaria
      Duration01:31

      Two veterans of the Bosnian War, one American, one Serbian, who clash in the remote Smoky Mountain wilderness.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      A teenage boy is sent to a juvenile reform facility in the wilderness. As we learn about the tragic events that sent him there, his struggle becomes one for survival with the inmates, counselors, and the retired war colonel in charge.

      Markimdb: 3.7
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      Obsessed with her sexy roommate, Jill violently imprisons Jennifer in their apartment in a twisted attempt to bring them closer together.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, military
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic mayhem.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      Novella McClure is like most struggling actresses in Los Angeles: she's in her early 30s, her fake name sounded cooler ten years ago, and she hasn't landed a role in three years. To top it all off, she's developed a disturbing habit of eating her own flesh. Novella desperately tries to hide her strange condition from her motherly landlord, Eesha, and somewhat psychopathic best friend, Candice, but her body and mind continue to deteriorate in the depressing world of failed auditions and sketchy night clubs. Can a romantic relationship with her psychiatrist prevent her from self destruction? Or will her fatal habit continue to eat away at her?

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Canada, Germany
      Duration01:43

      Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the "Punisher Task Force" hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:53

      David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.

      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: 5.8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA

      A charismatic psycho suspected of killing two innocent campers in a cold-blooded double homicide grows increasingly unstable as his suburban empire starts to crack at the foundations.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genreaction, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genreaction, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA

      When Thomas Archer's happy & successful life is all but ruined following a horrific attack he is presented with a perfect opportunity to exact physical revenge upon the man who caused all his grief. However the immediate consequences of his actions and inactions are much more complicated than he imagined.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      A High school Photographer breaks his own rules and falls in love with his teenage model

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:13

      An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:25

      Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and romance are turned upside-down with the arrival of Madison Bell. Madison, the new girl in town, quickly sets her sights on the impressionable Ben. While their first few meetings are innocent enough, the obsessive and seductive Madison wants more ... much more.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, United Kingdom
      Duration02:19

      An embittered husband, paralyzed and in a wheelchair, buttonholes a complete stranger and begins to tell him the story of his marriage. The stranger would like to escape, but cannot. For one thing he grows fascinated by the story. For another he is mesmerized by the man's wife, who has perfected that trick of looking a man boldly in the eye until, by looking away, he concedes sexual supremacy.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      Stranded on an island, a group of schoolboys degenerate into savagery.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:27

      Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:35

      Paul Kersey is back at working vigilante justice when when his fiancée, Olivia, has her business threatened by mobsters

      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: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada, Germany
      Duration01:45

      Set in a world with memory implants, Alan Hakman is a 'cutter'—someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories—but his latest assignment puts him in great danger.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA

      Admitted to Mt. Abaddon Hospital for a routine procedure, George Grieves discovers that his condition is much more serious and complicated than originally expected; and as his own fears begin to manifest around him, he learns that Mt. Abaddon is not a place where people come to get better... it is a place where people come to die.




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