20 best movies like The Two Faces of January (2014)

List of the best movies like The Two Faces of January (2014): Cassandra's Dream, The Crimson Kimono, Forever Mine, The Next Three Days, Road to Nowhere, Time Lapse, Leave Her to Heaven, Alleluia, The Crying Game, Official Secrets.

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Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
Duration01:48

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:22

A Los Angeles detective and his Japanese partner woo an artist while solving a stripper's murder.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
Duration01:55

A hotel cabana boy falls for the wife of a powerful politico. But when she confesses to the affair, her husband determines to end it forever.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA, France
Duration02:13

    A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    A passionate filmmaker creating a film based upon a true crime casts an unknown mysterious young woman bearing a disturbing resemblance to the femme fatale in the story. Unsuspectingly, he finds himself drawn into a complex web of haunting intrigue: he becomes obsessed with the woman, the crime, her possibly notorious past, and the disturbing complexity between art and truth. From the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina to Verona, Rome, and London, new truths are revealed and clues to other crimes and passions, darker and even more complex, are uncovered.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, film noir
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    A young novelist, Richard Harland, meets beautiful Ellen Berent on a train where they fall in love and are soon married. When tragedies take first his handicapped young brother, then his unborn son from him, Harland gradually realises that his wife's insane jealousy may be the cause of the tragedies in his life. Yet another shock awaits them all, as Ellen's emotions become uncontrollable.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, crime
    CountryBelgium, France
    Duration01:33

    Michel, a murderous womanizer, meets introverted Gloria online and treats her to a whirlwind one-night-stand. Offering herself as an accomplice in his seductive crimes, the unhinged lovers embark on a deadly odyssey amplified by wild sex, unbridled jealousy, and passionate forays into the dark arts. This smart and gory shocker breathes new life into the lovesick horror genre to serve up a chilling tale of white-hot desperation and terrifying devotion.

    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: 7.3
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, military, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Luxembourg, China
    Duration01:37

    The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama
    CountryFrance

    Set around a wife and husband on vacation in Morocco with the wife plotting to murder her husband with help from her lover. The plan goes terribly wrong when her lover and husband get into a terrible car accident on a remote desert road. They escape the multi-car pileup at a desert intersection and encounter the group of survivors, including a wanted smuggler, an undercover cop, a kidnapper, a baby and an unconscious Australian. They embark on a journey of deceit and revelation that culminates in a Tangiers souk.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrethriller, melodrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Romania, Luxembourg, USA

    The line between fantasy and reality blurs when an actress begins behaving like the 19th-century murderer she is playing.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
    Duration01:42

    Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is missing. The missing man's parents hire Xavier over their daughter's objections, and quickly he finds himself in the realm of children's sexual slavery.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Young lovers Billy and Sarah journey from L.A. to Texas with plans to make a false claim to the valuable assets left behind by a dead friend. But when their voyage brings them to Tremo, Texas, they find a bizarre and sinister world awaiting them.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, melodrama, crime, detective
    CountryFrance, Mexico, Luxembourg
    Duration02:12

    In the summer of 1979, gay porn producer Anne sets out to film her most ambitious film yet, but her actors are picked off, one by one, by a mysterious killer.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Jake is a driver for a seedy escort service operating out of 'The Naked Eye strip club', he's a street thug type who falls for a witty high-class escort named Sandy. Except one night Sandy is found murdered, the only clues left behind are cell phone calls made the night she died. To avenge Sandy's death Jake must risk everything and walk a bloody path to find her killer.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    In the Philadelphia police department, Emmett Young is a hotshot, a workaholic newly promoted to homicide. He learns he has a disease that will soon kill him painfully, so he hires a stranger to arrange his own death. With one eye on the calendar (he's allowed a few days' grace before his murder), he pursues a final case, the serial killing of young women. Emmett develops a profile of the assailant. Meanwhile, his fixer hires an ex-cop to kill Emmett, a lonely security guard whom the fixer taunts and belittles. In this limited time, can Emmett sort out what's important? Written by

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrethriller, melodrama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:00

    Two teenage boys secretly meet up in a cabin, bear witness to a shooting and barely escape with their lives. Desperate to keep their relationship a secret and in fear of being found by the perpetrator, they remain silent but soon learn that what has been seen cannot be unseen -- and when you witness a horrible event, it changes everything.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
    Duration01:36

      In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
      CountryFrance, United Kingdom
      Duration02:11

      A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, crime, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:38

      In Paris, in the beginning of the Twentieth Century, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the play "Murders in the Rue Morgue" with his wife Madeleine Charron, who has dreadful nightmares. When there are several murders by acid of people connected to Cesar, the prime suspect of Inspector Vidocq would be Cesar's former partner Rene Marot. But Marot murdered Madeleine's mother many years ago and committed suicide immediately after.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective, biography, history
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:06

      The complicated life and controversial suicide of George Reeves is investigated by a fictional private detective who finds that there are reasons to suspect that Reeves may not have killed himself after all. The detective also finds that there is a little of George Reeves in himself, and maybe, each of us.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:09

      Terry Noonan returns home to New York's Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. He soon hooks up with childhood pal Jackie who is involved in the Irish mob run by his brother Frankie. Terry also rekindles an old flame with Jackie's sister Kathleen. Soon, however, Terry is torn between his loyalty to his friends and his loyalties to others.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

      Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryFrance, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Canada, USA
      Duration02:12

      A compulsive gambler plans the heist of his life - a priceless collection of art from the world-class Casino Riviera in Monte Carlo.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrethriller, melodrama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her predicament and find the true killer.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrethriller, melodrama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the death of his wife. He is sent to a mental asylum, after which he eventually returns to work. But, once again, he begins to doubt his sanity when he receives a bizarre death threat written in Hebrew. Not knowing which of his colleagues wants to kill him, Hannan teams up with pretty young college student Ellie Fabian to attempt to unravel the mystery.

      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: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Russia, USA
      Duration01:50

        A rogue submarine captain pulls together a misfit crew to go after a sunken treasure rumored to be lost in the depths of the Black Sea. As greed and desperation take control on-board their claustrophobic vessel, the increasing uncertainty of the mission causes the men to turn on each other to fight for their own survival.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrethriller, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:38

        Daryll Deever is a janitor in an office building in New York, and a big fan of TV news reporter, Tony Sokolow. When a rich man is murdered in Daryll's building, Tony comes to cover the story and Daryll introduces himself to her. Thinking he may know something about the crime, Tony pursues him, and in order to keep seeing her, he pretends that he does. As the two of them play this game, the killers are watching, assuming that Daryll and Tony both know more about the crime than they do.

        Markimdb: 3.4
        Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Canada

        A woman who is tormented by the ghost of her abusive, alcoholic husband. She must come to terms with the past if she is to find peace and love...

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
        Duration02:03

        Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective, film noir
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:53

        A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective, film noir
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:22

        A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration02:31

        In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

        Josh meets a young woman who shortly afterwards collapses and is rushed to hospital in an ambulance. He follows after her only to find that there is no record her being admitted, and he soon learns that her room mate also vanished after being picked up by the same ambulance. Convinced of a conspiracy, Josh proceeds to investigate, despite the discouragement of the police.

        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
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:05

        The beautiful Mrs. Paradine is accused of poisoning her older, blind husband. She hires married Anthony Keane as her lawyer and when he begins to fall in love with her, she encourages him.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryPhilippines, France, United Kingdom, Germany
        Duration02:00

        A dozen foreigners are kidnapped by a terrorist group in the Philippines.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:53

        Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:46

        Chip's problem is that he can't say no to beautiful women. This weakness gets him into a world of trouble when he agrees to help his girlfriend steal $68,000.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
        CountryFrance
        Duration01:36

        Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this, but wants to live out his passion anyway.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:52

        A socially awkward young man kidnaps an aspiring actress with the hope that they will fall in love. A psychosexual noir that explores power dynamics between men and women.

        Markimdb: 4.2
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:33

        When a young girl takes her own life, Archie and the other Suicide Kids decide to follow her lead and form a pact. But as the group begin to die on by one, Archie realizes that they have all become the target of a masked killer and that his commitment to death has become a terrifying fight for survival and a battle to protect the girl he loves. But who's the killer?

        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: 3.8
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:29

        When a tour guide breaks into America's Most Haunted House, a bit of amateur ghost hunting with friends turns into more horror than they could have ever imagined.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrethriller, melodrama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:48

        San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she hasn't handled a criminal case for many years. There's a certain chemistry between them and Teddy soon finds herself defending the man she loves.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:54

        The savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a satanic ritual.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, USA
        Duration02:03

        After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:53

        In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.




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