20 best movies like The Workshop (2017)

List of the best movies like The Workshop (2017): Long Day's Journey Into Night, Autumn Lights, School's Out, Based on a True Story, Misconduct, Don't Grow Up, Monos, Surface, The Snow White Murder Case, Crooked House.

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Markimdb: 7.1
Genremelodrama, drama, detective, film noir
CountryChina, France
Duration01:25

Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years ago. He begins the search for the woman he loved, and whom he has never been able to forget.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genredrama, detective
CountryUSA, Iceland, France

An American photographer adrift in a remote Icelandic community becomes entangled in the lives of a mysterious European couple.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryFrance

Pierre Hoffman joins a prestigious school as a substitute teacher and soon notices, among some of his students, an unjustified hostility and a spark of violence in their eyes. Is it because the unspeakable tragedy they have just experienced? Is it because they seem to be extraordinarily gifted children? Is it because they have lost all hope for the future? From curiosity to obsession, Pierre will try to unlock their secret.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryFrance, Poland, Belgium
Duration02:08

Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by the promotional tour, just when she feels out of place, paralyzed by the idea of having to start writing again, she meets Elle, a young, attractive, intelligent, intuitive woman who seems to understand her better than anyone.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:42

An ambitious lawyer finds himself caught in a power struggle between a corrupt pharmaceutical executive and his firm’s senior partner. When the case takes a deadly turn, he must race to uncover the truth before he loses everything.

Markimdb: 4.6
Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
CountryFrance, Spain

The story about a group of youths who can't face the thought of growing up because anyone who does becomes a rampaging zombie.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genreaction, thriller, drama
CountryColombia, Denmark, Luxembourg, USA, Uruguay, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, Argentina, France

On a faraway mountaintop, eight kids with guns watch over a hostage and a conscripted milk cow.

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

A marine biologist, an insurance salesman and a teenage boy find their lives changed when a new and often dangerous sea life species emerges, while the government tries to keep the affair under wraps.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryJapan
Duration02:06

Beautiful Noriko Miki works at a cosmetic company. One day, Noriko is murdered. People begin to suspect her co-worker Miki Shirono might have killed her. Television begins to cover her story. A TV show interviews Miki Shirono's colleagues, family, people from her hometown. Rumors turn into fear. Is she a wicked a woman?

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:11

A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredrama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:30

Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who asks her to write her biography. Although initially she is reluctant, as Vida is known for constantly distorting the facts of her life, Margaret soon becomes fascinated with the story of a dark childhood, a disturbing tale that leads her to finally confront the traumas of her own past.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Russia
Duration02:32

After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.

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: 4.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Cold Moon takes place in tiny Babylon, Fla., where the granddaughter of Clark’s character is murdered by a mysterious assailant, her body sunk into the black waters of the Styx River — the river where her parents disappeared from their boat a decade earlier. Suspicion falls on a duplicitous banker and his wealthy father, played by Stewart and Lloyd.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama
    CountryNorway, Germany, Sweden, France, Denmark
    Duration02:00

    Sixteen year-old Nisha lives a double life. At home with her family she is the perfect Pakistani daughter, but when out with her friends, she is a normal Norwegian teenager. When her father catches her in bed with her boyfriend, Nisha's two worlds brutally collide. To set an example, Nisha's parents decide to kidnap her and place her with relatives in Pakistan. Here, in a country she has never been to before, Nisha is forced to adapt to her parents' culture.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    Mike Hoolihan is an unconventional New Orleans cop investigating the murder of renowned astrophysicist Jennifer Rockwell, a black hole expert found shot to death in her observatory. As Mike tumbles down the rabbit hole of the disturbing, labyrinthine case, she finds herself grappling with increasingly existential questions of quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and exploding stars. The hunt for a killer draws a detective into an even larger mystery: the nature of the universe itself.

    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: 5.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, drama, detective
    CountryAustria, United Kingdom, Germany, France

    A genetically engineered plant scatters its seeds and seems to cause uncanny changes on living creatures. The afflicted appear strange, as if they were replaced - especially for those, who are close to them. Or is it all just imagination? Thus starts a play between various truths,on which end stands the loss of the own identity.

    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: 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: 6.1
    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: 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: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryRussia, France, Armenia
    Duration01:49

    When a factory is bound to close, a group of workers decides to take action against the owner.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryItaly, France, Luxembourg

    In a little Sicilian village at the edge of a forest, Giuseppe, a boy of 13, vanishes. Luna, his classmate who loves him, refuses to accept his mysterious disappearance. She rebels against the silence and complicity that surround her, and to find him she descends into the dark world which has swallowed him up and which has a lake as its mysterious entrance.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:33

    In the beginning of the 20th century, five children on the island of La Réunion commit a savage crime. As punishment, a Dutch captain takes them to a supernatural island with luxuriant vegetation and bewitching powers.

    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: 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: 6
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:43

    High school senior Lily and her group of friends live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats just like the rest of the world. So, when an anonymous hacker starts posting details from the private lives of everyone in their small town, the result is absolute madness leaving Lily and her friends questioning whether they'll live through the night.

    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: 3.5
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    Nationally acclaimed evangelist John Luther is the last obstacle in the way of sweeping religious reform in the States. When a U.S. Senator and Luther's own supporters abduct and frame him in the murder of an innocent teenage girl, an unprecedented era of persecution is unleashed. Out on personal recognizance, Luther escapes police surveillance in search of the truth. And suddenly, a once-normal life is targeted by a team of ex-military operatives who wage a relentless campaign to eliminate the incriminating evidence. As evangelist turned fugitive, Luther vows to expose anyone involved with or profiting from the girl's murder; a mission that brings him face-to-face with the coming storm of persecution that will threaten the entire Christian community in America.

    Markimdb: 2.4
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA

    A scientist readies a boat after his warnings of an Earth-destroying flood are ignored. However, after the disasters reach a peak level of destruction those who maligned the scientist now turn to him in desperation, as he and other refugees look to save the world and stop the disaster using the two Supercolliders on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

    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: 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.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, drama, military, history
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration01:55

    During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island (‘Hashima Island’) to mine for coal, attempt to escape.

    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
    Genredrama, detective, music
    CountrySpain, France

    Lila, a famous retired singer, loses her memory after suffering an accident, just as she planned her return to the stage.

    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: 4.6
    Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryFrance, Belgium
    Duration02:02

    Follows the journey of sisters who are believed to possess the supernatural ability to connect with ghosts. They cross paths with a visionary French producer while performing in Paris.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend — a mystery that carries him from the gin-soaked jazz clubs of Harlem to the slums of Brooklyn to the gilded halls of New York's power brokers.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:04

    Two young boys, Victor and Rainer, take the commuter train to spend the evening in Paris. In a nightclub on the banks of the Seine they go from one disappointment to another, from failed chat ups to street brawls. But as they get carried away by the night, they leave the city for the forest. In the silence of the moonlight nature, the desire between the two friends becomes increasingly vibrant. A new day is born from their friendship.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:55

    Erin Bell is an LAPD detective who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.

    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: 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: 5.2
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:59

    A homicide detective teams up with a criminal profiler to catch a serial killer whose crimes are inspired by the children's game, Hangman.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryIndia
    Duration02:08

    'Wazir' is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there's a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them.

    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: 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: 7.1
    Genrehorror, drama, western
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:44

    During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. One of the villagers takes care of him in prison. One day they both disappear – only the spear of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and his nurse.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Spain, United Kingdom, France
    Duration02:24

    Eight years after fleeing the Congo following his assassination of that country's minister of mining, former assassin Jim Terrier is back, suffering from PTSD and digging wells to atone for his violent past. After an attempt is made on his life, Terrier flies to London to find out who wants him dead -- and why. Terrier's search leads him to a reunion with Annie, a woman he once loved, who is now married to an oily businessman with dealings in Africa.




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