20 best movies like Strange But True (2019)

List of the best movies like Strange But True (2019): Slasher, The Stepfather, Mr. Brooks, The Lodge, The 9th Life of Louis Drax, Haunter, An American Haunting, Lila & Eve, The Dinner, The Tall Man.

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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: 5.6
Genrethriller, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) returns home from military school to find his mother (Sela Ward) happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David (Dylan Walsh). As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, detective
CountryCanada
Duration02:07

    A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.

    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: 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: 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: 4.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:22

    Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryCanada, France
    Duration01:46

    When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:39

    A family imprisoned by intruders is forced to play a terrifying game of "Kill, Or Be Killed". As the night unfolds, the game's mysterious rules become clear, and the family realizes their nightmare is being streamed live to riveted viewers all over the world, who are compelled to KEEP WATCHING... not knowing if what they're seeing is real, or staged.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:45

    Alone, and targeted on an isolated farm, 12 year old Henry finds himself at the center of a maelstrom of terror, and a dark family legacy, when his secretive grandfather dies suddenly in the night.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, crime
    CountryFrance, Canada

    Red, a safe cracker who has just been released from prison, is trying to hold his family together as his past catches up with him in the form of Luc, a psychopathic contract killer who's seeking revenge for the death of his brother.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:24

      Publisher, Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrethriller, crime
      CountryJapan
      Duration02:04

      Ninagawa is a powerful man in Japanese politics and with top economic connections.His granddaughter is then murdered. The suspect is Kunihide Kiyomaru (Tatsuya Fujiwara). Kunihide Kiyomaru has a prior conviction for assaulting and killing a girl 8 years ago. The police could never apprehend the suspect in the prior killing.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:21

      A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrethriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who steals from his wife, Joyce, and promises her close friend Cynthia Kellogg that she'll be the next target of his rage. At a group outing, James bleeds to death after someone cuts his throat. But because he's such a terrible human being, police aren't sure which of his acquaintances decided to kill him.

      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: 6.6
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryItaly

        A businessman must explain to his lawyers how he came to be found in a locked hotel room with his dead partner, whose body was covered in money.

        Markimdb: 4.9
        Genreaction, thriller, crime
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:35

        A courier for a local crime lord must deliver a mysterious package while being chased by a horde of unusual gangsters.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:35

        All bets are off when corrupt homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend and naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrehorror, thriller, short
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:27

        Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone and the frightening words of a sadistic caller turn Jill's routine experience into a night of terror.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:28

        Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover-up.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genreaction, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France, China, Canada
        Duration01:55

        A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
        Duration01:59

        Wanting to escape city life for the countryside, New Yorkers Cooper Tilson (Quaid), his wife Leah (Stone) and their two children move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of the previous family. Turning it into their dream house soon becomes a living nightmare when the previous owner (Dorff) shows up, and a series of terrifying incidents lead them on a spine-tingling search for clues to the estate's dark and lurid past

        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: 5.7
          Genrethriller, crime, detective
          CountryCanada
          Duration01:25

          When Cassie's father finds himself vulnerable and bedridden, she believes she has the perfect revenge for her mother's death.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrefantastic, thriller, crime, detective, film noir
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:44

          One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:31

          A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryArgentina

          Painter Lorenzo's life spirals out of control as he fears his wife is trying to isolate him from their infant son.

          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: 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: 5.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom

          In 1995, drug suppliers and career criminals Tony Tucker, Patrick Tate and Craig Rolfe were blasted to death by a shot gun whilst waiting in a Range Rover in Rettendon, Essex. The film charts their rise to become the most prolific dealers and feared criminals in the south of England, maintaining the hold on their empire with fear and violence until their untimely death.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryItaly
          Duration01:46

          An anorexic young woman escapes from a psychiatric clinic and meets a young man who wants to help. She is caught and returned to her parents, who are soon beheaded by a garrotting stranger making the rounds about town, apparently striking only when it rains. The orphaned young woman and her new lover launch their own investigation and are endangered when a link is discovered with the victims and a particular operation performed years before.

          Markimdb: 4.9
          Genrehorror, thriller
          CountryUSA

          A naked teenage boy covered in blood appears at a remote sheriff's station one year after the brutal unsolved murder of a local girl. Now Sheriff Jack Shepherd, guilt ridden over the girl's murder, must confront his own demons as he desperately searches for the boy's true identity and possible victims. Little does Jack realize that he has started down a path that will bring him face to face with an unthinkable horror. Before sunrise the living will pay for the pain the dead have suffered.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:36

          An elite hitman returns to erase his past only to find that somebody has messed with his future.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountrySpain, USA
          Duration01:39

          A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Australia, China
          Duration02:34

          A husband and wife try to reinvigorate their relationship but their lives are threatened by a "friend" from the husband's past who holds a horrifying secret about him, sending their world into a tailspin.

          Markimdb: 5.1
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          Newlyweds Claire and Ryan have just moved into a new house. Both are hoping Claire’s pregnancy will be the cement needed to hold their already fraying relationship together. Little do they know their marital issues are the least of their problems. For unbeknownst to them, their scruffy, sleazy and lascivious landlord has installed numerous miniature cameras all over their home and has been spying on them from Day One. Then Ryan begins an office affair, and the landlord kits out the secret basement with chains and soundproofing. Something is going to give in this suburban shocker packed with nasty surprises.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
          CountryCanada, USA

          "To Catch a Killer" tells the true gruesome story of John Wayne Gacy - a good friend and helpful neighbour, a great child entertainer, a respectful businessman, and a violent serial killer who raped and murdered over 30 young boys.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrethriller, crime, detective
          CountrySouth Korea
          Duration01:50

          Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. He suffers from a slight schizophrenia but he carries an ordinary life under the warm care of the family. His older brother Yu-seok is a decent college student, a mentor, and role model for Jin-seok. One night, his beloved brother is kidnapped by unidentified assailants before Jin-seok’s eye. Jin-seok can’t recognize their faces, but can remember only the VIN that matches with no car. After long silence of 19 days, suddenly Yu-seok returns home, but remembers nothing which had happened in the meantime. And soon Jin-seok feels Yu-seok is a total stranger…

          Markimdb: 4.9
          Genrehorror, thriller, crime
          CountryCanada
          Duration01:21

          The mid-70's: A timid young New Yorker leads an uneventful life until he is fatefully exposed to the pulsating rhythms of a brand-new genre of music....disco. Unable to control his murderous impulses that stem from a traumatic childhood experience, Duane Lewis transforms into a dangerous serial killer exiled to Montreal.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
          CountryUSA

          When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of assault teams attempting to recover the prisoner known as “The Scorpion” for the tattoo blazed across his back. When Travis discovers that his prisoner is a Secret Ops double agent planted within the cartel, it’s up to him and his expert S.W.A.T. team to keep “The Scorpion” and his billion dollar secrets safe.

          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: 6.1
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryAustralia, USA

          Three detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in critical condition. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose it. How far will these men go to disguise and unravel the truth?

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
          Duration02:31

          A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrethriller, comedy, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration02:25

          Stephanie, a dedicated mother and popular vlogger, befriends Emily, a mysterious upper-class woman whose son Nicky attends the same school as Miles, Stephanie's son. When Emily asks her to pick Nicky up from school and then disappears, Stephanie undertakes an investigation that will dive deep into Emily's cloudy past.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:58

          Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The murderer's special signature is to leave tantalizing clues based on the grim remains of his crimes.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
          CountryIndia
          Duration02:09

          When his lover becomes the latest victim of a serial killer, Guru blurs the line between good and evil in his pursuit of revenge.

          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.




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