20 best movies like Shutter Island (2010)

List of the best movies like Shutter Island (2010): Changeling, The Call, Gone Girl, Before I Go to Sleep, Glass, Criminal, Sorry, Wrong Number, Side Effects, The Bye Bye Man, The White Orchid.

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Markimdb: 7.7
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:21

Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.

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: 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: 6.4
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France, Sweden
    Duration01:32

    A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, China
    Duration02:09

    In a series of escalating encounters, security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. Meanwhile, the shadowy presence of Elijah Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Bulgaria
    Duration02:27

    Bill Pope is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous ex-convict Jericho Stewart. When he wakes up with the CIA agent's memories, his mission is to find The Dutchman and eliminate him before the hacker launches ICBM's and starts World War III. But complications soon arise and the mission turns personal.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, detective, film noir
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:29

    Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

      A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, China
      Duration02:22

      When three college students move into an old house off campus, they unwittingly unleash a supernatural entity known as The Bye Bye Man, who comes to prey upon them once they discover his name. The friends must try to save each other, all the while keeping The Bye Bye Man's existence a secret to save others from the same deadly fate.

      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: 8.8
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:28

        Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration00:59

        Set in the late 1980s, school is out for the summer, and a sun-drenched season of firsts beckons the counselors at Camp Clearwater, a seemingly idyllic Midwestern summer camp, including first loves, first kisses – and first kills. Clearwater’s dark, ancient mythology awakens, and what was supposed to be a summer of fun soon turns into one of unforgettable scares and evil at every turn.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, India, Hong Kong, China, Canada
        Duration02:13

        In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

        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: 6.1
        Genrefantastic, drama, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Canada
        Duration02:20

        The widow of a wise professor stumbles upon one of his inventions that's able to record and play a person's memory.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrethriller, detective
        CountryRepublic of Ireland, Germany, USA
        Duration01:55

        Sacrifice is the story of consultant surgeon, Tora Hamilton, who moves with her husband, Duncan, to the remote Shetland Islands, 100 miles off the north-east coast of Scotland. Deep in the peat soil around her new home, Tora discovers the body of a young woman with rune marks carved into her skin and a gaping hole where her heart once beat. Ignoring warnings to leave well alone, Tora uncovers terrifying links to a legend that might never have been confined to the pages of the story-books.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:43

        Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.

        Markimdb: 3.6
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA

        Bernard Salzmann's thriller Assumed Killer tells the tale of a reporter investigating a serial killer. After she suffers an accident and becomes an amnesiac, she begins to suspect her husband may be the person responsible for the brutal slayings

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada, India
        Duration02:32

        Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:52

        Ray Liotta stars as a medical examiner who has been acquitted for his wife's murder but many still question his innocence. Obsessed with finding his wife's killer, a possible solution presents itself in an experimental serum designed by a neurobiology Linda Fiorentino which has the ability to transfer memories from one person to another, but not without consequences. Liotta driven to solve the case injects himself with the serum, bringing him closer and closer to finding her killer but bringing him closer to death.

        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: 5.6
        Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:29

        After a painful breakup, Leah seems to meet the perfect guy. But she soon discovers his violent side that disrupts 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: 8.5
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:05

          A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, film noir
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:35

          A man working for the War Crimes Commission suspects that an important Nazi official has folded himself into a quaint Connecticut town.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:28

          Mary Walsh delivers boyfriend Kevin to a hospital for routine outpatient surgery. But when Mary returns to take him home, he's mysteriously vanished.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:35

          Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrethriller, drama, detective, film noir
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:23

          Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:15

          An injured surfer stranded on a buoy needs to get back to shore, but the great white shark stalking her might have other ideas.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:38

          Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't remember. He meets pet shop owner and part time private detective Gus Klein who is supposedly done some work for him prior to the accident. Klein helps Merrick to find out more...

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA

          A university research scientist, about to lose funding and status, has a lab accident and discovers he can see people's true intentions -- making his situation even worse.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryGermany, USA
          Duration01:41

          Canadian scientist, Dr Geoff Burton takes up a position at a new institute in wintry Dresden in order to contribute to their most important project—a human regeneration gene—that also has the potential to make something miraculous out of a personal tragedy that has haunted him for years.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:43

            A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryUSA, Canada, Germany, France
            Duration02:03

            A married couple with a rocky past adopt 9-year old, Esther to fill the void created by a recently-stillborn baby. However, Esther is not quite who she seems.

            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: 7.1
            Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:31

            An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.

            Markimdb: 5.9
            Genrethriller, drama, detective
            CountryUSA

            In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan—a young boy—via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.

            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: 6.5
            Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom, France
            Duration01:58

            An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
            CountryUSA, Germany
            Duration01:44

            A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patients near death experiences.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, film noir
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:35

            Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again, when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss Janoth to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence (albeit wrong) that he is the killer.

            Markimdb: 3.6
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryUSA

            After losing his brother in combat, Jacob Singer returns home from Afghanistan -- only to be pulled into a mind-twisting state of paranoia. Singer soon realizes that his sibling is alive but life is not what it seems.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:51

            Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:34

            Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who has had a similar experience, Telly embarks on a search to prove her son's existence, and her sanity.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:03

            Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

            Markimdb: 5.4
            Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, family, detective
            CountryUSA

            When two bus crash survivors awake to discover that they are the only people left in their small town, they must form an unlikely alliance in a race to unravel the truth behind their isolation. As strange events begin to unfold, they start to question whether the town they know so well is really what it seems.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
            CountryUSA, Germany
            Duration02:24

            A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUSA

            Dr. Jacob Hood is a brilliant biophysicist and special science advisor to the government who investigates scientific crises and oddities. His crusade is to protect the substance of science against those who would abuse and misuse scientific discoveries for their own gain.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrethriller, drama, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:24

            Samantha Holt had the perfect life with a handsome fiancée and a future that couldn’t look brighter. But an unexpected turn on a dark lonely road puts her on a collision course with Bruce Miller, a devoted family man who descends into madness when he loses everything he ever cared about. One year later, Bruce decides to give Samantha the punishment he believes she escaped. Samantha has struggled with her own demons since that fateful night, and Bruce will take her struggles to the edge when he implements a demented plan to teach her a twisted lesson that may cost her the ultimate price.

            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.




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