20 best movies like The Messenger (2015)


List of the best movies like The Messenger (2015): The Lazarus Project, #Horror, The Curse of Downers Grove, Side Effects, First Reformed, Lavender, The Prestige, My Cousin Rachel, The Realm, Cyberbully.

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Markimdb: 6.1
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
Duration01:39

After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward, where he's told he's been hired as the groundskeeper. With the state of his soul in question, and the love for his wife and daughter all the more real and powerful, Ben must figure out if he's truly cheated death, or if he's become part of something far more sinister.

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: 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: 7.1
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: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
    Duration02:20

    A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration02:24

    A photographer struggling with memory loss discovers her pictures may indicate something sinister is hitting close to home.

    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: 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: 7.1
      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: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration00:39

      A chilling real-time thriller featuring a teenager, Casey, battling with an anonymous cyber-stalker.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:29

        On the night a comet is passing near Earth, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. When the power goes out, they discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:56

        A disgraced children’s puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration02:30

        Two lifelong friends head up to an isolated Scottish Highlands village for a weekend hunting trip that descends into a never-ending nightmare as they attempt to cover up a horrific hunting accident.

        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: 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: 6
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:10

        Could you trust a jury of your peers with your life? The contestants of a mysterious death game must make harrowing decisions as they strategize for survival in this psychological sci-fi thriller.

        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: 6.8
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
        Duration02:09

        A traumatised veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.

        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: 7.2
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryNetherlands
          Duration01:42

          An alcoholic writer begins having visions apparently warning him of impending danger. After he delivers a lecture, he begins an affair with a woman from the audience. The visions intensify, however, and begin to threaten his relationship with the woman, since it may be her the visions are warning against.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:44

          Following a terrible car crash, a woman (Christina Ricci) awakes to find an enigmatic mortician (Liam Neeson) preparing her for burial.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, New Zealand
          Duration02:15

          After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:05

          Five medical students, hoping to gain insight into the mystery of what lies beyond the confines of life, embark on a daring and dangerous experiment. By stopping their hearts for short periods of time, each triggers a near-death experience. As the investigation becomes more and more perilous, they are forced to confront the sins of their pasts, as well as contend with the paranormal consequences of trespassing to the other side.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Czech Republic
          Duration01:50

          With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crowned prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada

          Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two youths.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryArgentina, Spain
          Duration01:55

          Accused of killing his brother during adolescence, Salvador lives alone in the middle of Patagonia. Several decades later, his brother Marcos and his sister-in-law Laura, come to convince him to sell the lands they share by inheritance.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration02:32

          Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryIran

          Kaveh Nariman is a Doctor in the medical examiner's office. One day at his work he meets a corpse which is very familiar to him.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryCanada
          Duration02:17

          The story follows a down-on-their-luck couple who discovers a serial killer's film reels. They decide to take the law into their own hands, risking everything for the chance at a $100,000 reward. It isn't long until they find themselves in the killer's lethal cross-hairs.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom

          A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off of people like them in order to remain immortal. Doctor Sleep is a sequel to Stephen King's 1977 novel "The Shining". Doctor Sleep is set several decades after the events of the first "Shining".

          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: 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: 7.2
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountrySouth Korea
            Duration01:35

            A former serial killer Byung-su gets diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and when a series of murders occur near his town, he worries whether the killings are his doings. Then, he comes across Tae-ju and realizes that he’s the killer. He reports this to the police, only to learn that Tae-ju is one. Byung-su tries to find evidence against Tae-ju, only to raise the young killer’s interest on him and his dear daughter.

            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: 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: 6.8
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
            CountryUSA, Italy, United Kingdom, China
            Duration02:08

            The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Lithuania

            A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrethriller, drama, detective
            CountryChina
            Duration01:44

            The famous psychologist Xu Ruining has a raising career, when he met the troublesome patient Ren Xiaoyan. The meeting is not easy as feeble-looking Ren is point by point against him.

            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: 7.2
            Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan, USA
            Duration01:52

            Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA members Jude and Maguire. Jody makes Fergus promise he'll visit his girlfriend, Dil, in London, and when Fergus flees to the city, he seeks her out. Hounded by his former IRA colleagues, he finds himself increasingly drawn to the enigmatic, and surprising, Dil.

            Markimdb: 4.8
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryChile
            Duration01:33

            A supernatural thriller, laced by flashbacks, and set in Canada’s North-West, “The Stranger” turns on the mysterious titular figure of Martin, who comes to a small quiet town seeking to kill his wife Ana who suffers from a very dangerous decease that makes her addicted to human blood - just like himself-. However, when he arrives to the town, he discovers that Ana has been dead for a couple of years and decides to commit suicide to definitely eradicate this dangerous decease, but, before he can do it, Martin's brutally attacked by three local thugs led by Caleb, the son of a corrupt police lieutenant, and the incident suddenly starts a snowball that will plunge the community into a bloodbath.

            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: 6.6
            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: 7.4
            Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, detective
            CountryUSA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore
            Duration02:52

            A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryNetherlands, Belgium, Denmark
            Duration01:53

            Borgman is the central character of this dark, malevolent fable. Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our fears? Borgman is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia. His presence unleashes a crowing gallery of distortion around the careful façade constructed by an arrogant, comfortable couple, their three children and nanny.

            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: 7.3
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom

            Fortitude is a place like nowhere else. Although surrounded by the savage beauty of the Arctic landscape, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now. In such a close-knit community a murder touches everyone and the unsettling, mysterious horror of this crime threatens the future of the town itself.

            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: 4.1
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryUSA

            A young journalist goes deep undercover within a mountain commune and becomes manipulated by a duplicitous cult leader.

            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.




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