20 best movies like School's Out (2018)


List of the best movies like School's Out (2018): Message from the King, A Land Imagined, The Curse of Downers Grove, In the House, Beauty and the Dogs, Madeline's Madeline, Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!, Drishyam, My Cousin Rachel, The Salesman.

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Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Belgium, USA

On a relentless quest to avenge his sister's murder, a man from Cape Town infiltrates a sprawling network of lowlifes and elites in Los Angeles.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryFrance, Netherlands, Singapore

A lonely construction worker from China goes missing at a Singapore land reclamation site, and a sleepless police investigator must put himself in the mind of the migrant to uncover the truth beneath all that sand.

Markimdb: 4.5
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA

The town of Downers Grove looks like your average suburban neighborhood -- but Downers Grove has a disturbing secret.... For the past eight years, one senior from every high school graduating class has met a bizarre death right before graduation day. And this year, Chrissie Swanson has a terrible feeling that she is going to be the one to die. Can Chrissie survive the curse of Downers Grove or will she, like those seniors before her, fall prey to the town's deadly secret?

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance
Duration01:45

    A sixteen-year-old boy insinuates himself into the house of a fellow student from his literature class and writes about it in essays for his French teacher. Faced with this gifted and unusual pupil, the teacher rediscovers his enthusiasm for his work, but the boy’s intrusion will unleash a series of uncontrollable events.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryTunisia, France, Sweden
    Duration02:18

    When Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, is raped by police officers after leaving a party, she is propelled into a harrowing night in which she must fight for her rights even though justice lies on the side of her tormentors.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryIndia
    Duration01:03

    In war torn Calcutta during the 1940's, Byomkesh Bakshy, fresh out of college, pits himself against an evil genius who is out to destroy the world.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryIndia
    Duration01:00

    A simple, street-smart man tries to protect his family from a tough cop looking for his missing son.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:46

    A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryIran, France
    Duration01:53

    Forced out of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighboring building, Emad and Rana move into a new flat in the center of Tehran. An incident linked to the previous tenant will dramatically change the young couple’s life.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:37

    A woman grieving over the death of her daughter loses grip of reality when she begins to think her girl may still be alive.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountrySweden, France
    Duration04:41

    Kahina Zadi, 32, a French police officer travels to Kiruna in Sweden to investigate the bestial murder of a French citizen. Together with Anders, a Swedish prosecutor of Sami origin, she begins an investigation. Soon new killings start to happen and the first victim turns out to be the tip of a very dark iceberg. The victims seemingly have nothing in common more than that they are all being killed in a well-planned and vicious manner. In their hunt for the truth, both Kahina and Anders are forced to deal with their own past that they have repressed. A personal journey through a painful past becomes the key to succeed in preventing the violent killings that affects the small mining community of Kiruna.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:25

    A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama, adventure, detective
    CountryPortugal, France, Brazil
    Duration01:50

    Stranded along a sublime river fjord in northern Portugal, a hunky ornithologist is subjected to a series of brutal and erotic Stations-of-the-Cross-style tests.

    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: 6.2
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:07

      Porter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. At home, he is a dedicated husband and father. But when Caroline, a seductive stranger asks him to dig into the unsolved murder of her filmmaker husband Simon, he is drawn into a very nasty case of sexual obsession and blackmail--one that threatens his job, his marriage, and his life.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryHungary, Germany, France
      Duration02:02

      A young immigrant is shot down while illegally crossing the border. Terrified and in shock, wounded Aryan can now mysteriously levitate at will. Thrown into a refugee camp, he is smuggled out by Dr Stern, intent on exploiting his extraordinary secret. Pursued by enraged camp director Laszlo, the fugitives remain on the move in search of safety and money. Inspired by Aryan's amazing powers, Stern takes a leap of faith in a world where miracles are trafficked for small change...

      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: 6.2
      Genrethriller, drama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:23

      Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he becomes.

      Markimdb: 3
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA

      Inspired by actual events, a group of 12 year old girls face a night of horror when the compulsive addiction of an online social media game turns a moment of cyber bullying into a night of insanity.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:59

      A young camgirl discovers that she’s inexplicably been replaced on her site with an exact replica of herself.

      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: 5.5
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountrySpain

      Germán, an honest family man, sees how his whole world wobbles the night when, driving home, accidentally runs over two teenage girls. From that moment, Germán will have to do everything in his power to prevent his life from being destroyed forever.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:50

      After witnessing a miracle, a young Latina woman experiences strange things as a police detective searches for the truth behind his partner's death.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountrySpain, France
      Duration01:44

      Manuel is a crooked politician who enjoys the lifestyle that kickbacks afford. He eats at fancy restaurants, parties with his friends on yachts, and provides a very luxurious lifestyle for his family. Manuel brazenly bribes, extorts, and pays off anyone who threatens to expose the activities of his inner circle. When he is singled out to take the fall for a case of fraudulent government contracts, rather than admit to any wrongdoing, Manuel decides to sell out his whole party in an effort to avoid jail time. It's a decision that puts many lives at risk.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryNorway, France, Denmark, Sweden
      Duration02:16

      A college student starts to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university in Oslo, Norway. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable, and often dangerous, supernatural abilities.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:42

      After a traumatic event, a drug trafficker turns sides and conspires with a dangerously ambitious undercover police officer to bring down the mysterious kingpin of a major drug cartel. (Remake of the Chinese film “Drug War,” 2012.)

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:58

      When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, comedy, detective
      CountryUSA

      The outrageous life of Reagan Collins, a model high school student with a "killer" after-school job that involves arranging “accidents” for his classmates' parents. When seasoned police detective Cliff Dawkins starts putting the pieces together, it's a battle of wits to see if Reagan can keep business booming.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrethriller, drama, family, detective, history
      CountryUSA

      On May 9, 1986, a small ranching community in Wyoming experiences a divine intervention when a couple detonates a bomb inside a crowded classroom.

      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: 5.9
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:00

      Massachusetts, 1892. An unmarried woman of 32 and a social outcast, Lizzie lives a claustrophobic life under her father's cold and domineering control. When Bridget Sullivan, a young maid, comes to work for the family, Lizzie finds a sympathetic, kindred spirit, and a secret intimacy soon blossoms into a wicked plan.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France

      When hitchhiker Jack rescues Véronique from a road rage altercation, the twosome decide to travel together for safety’s sake after learning a serial killer is cutting a murderous swathe through the region. Tired and hungry, they decide against their better judgment to take up an offer to stay the night at a mysterious elderly couple’s mansion…

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:45

      Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:23

      A teenager's attempts to bring a brilliant surgeon into his dysfunctional family take an unexpected turn.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
      CountryUSA, Sweden
      Duration02:21

      Ted Kennedy's life and political career become derailed in the aftermath of a fatal car accident in 1969 that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama
      CountryThailand
      Duration01:02

      Welcome to an exam-cheating business run by Lynn, a straight-A student who gets the idea for her business after helping Grace and Pat. Grace is a prominent school activist who can’t get the grades she needs. Pat is a filthy-rich boy who believes money can buy anything. Lynn’s business skyrockets and the money starts to flood in as scores of students offer her cold hard cash in exchange for exam answers.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrefantasy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      No one seemed to care about Jamie Marks until after his death. Hoping to find the love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits former classmate Adam McCormick, drawing him into the bleak world between the living and the dead.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryFrance, Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium
      Duration01:55

      A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Two schoolboy delinquents learn a lesson that they will never forget when a teacher at the end of his tether decides to abduct them.

      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: 6.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:18

      A prominent Boston family attempts to redefine itself in the wake of a chilling discovery that links their recently deceased patriarch to a string of murders spanning decades — amid the mounting suspicion that one of them may have been his accomplice.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      Uncle John revolves around the struggle to keep a mysterious disappearance unsolved

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA

      Explores the tangled relationship between a troubled private investigator and the missing woman he's hired to help find.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryFrance, Germany

      A woman has disappeared. The day after a snowstorm, her car is found on a road leading to a plateau with with nothing but a few scattered farms. The gendarmes have nothing to go on, while five individuals well know they have something to do with the woman's disappearance. They all keep their secrets to themselves, but no one suspects that the whole story began far from these windswept wintry peaks: on another continent, in the burning sun, where poverty doesn't stop desire from taking the law into its own hands.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
      CountrySpain
      Duration00:46

      Ten-year-old Nico receives a threatening letter and now his life is in danger. No one seems to believe him except one person that he doesn't know.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, short, detective
      CountryAustralia

      On Halloween 1997, two estranged teen skaters embark on a surreal journey through their memories, dreams and fears.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genredrama, crime, detective
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:43

      Shigemori is a lawyer tasked with defending Misumi in a murder trial. Misumi has previous convictions for murder and has confessed to the crime, but evidence in the case leads to Shigemori having doubts about what really happened.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryFrance

      A police superintendent, after 25 years of a flawless professional career, is arrested by internal affairs for 4 days, before being indicted for criminal conspiracy, drug trafficking, theft and embezzlement by the magistrate in charge.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryCanada

      Jessica and her fiancé Evan just moved from the city into their dream home on a quiet suburban street. Soon after, Jessica catches her seemingly friendly new neighbor, Simon, in a strange lie and can't let her suspicions rest. The danger escalates when Simon lures her inside his home and imprisons Jessica in his secret bunker, meticulously decorated in the idealized style of the 1950's.




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