Movies like Identity
If Identity's mix of prostitute, prisoner and psychopath stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Identity's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Psycho
1960 · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 109 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: detective, motel, serial killer · Also thriller and mystery
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
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Memento
2000 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 113 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: motel, psychological thriller, whodunit · Also mystery and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term…
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Kiss the Girls
1997 · Directed by Gary Fleder · 115 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: detective, serial killer, psychological thriller · Also thriller and mystery
Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to…
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Psycho II
1983 · Directed by Richard Franklin · 113 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: psychopath, motel, serial killer · Also mystery and thriller
Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?
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Crooked House
2017 · Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner · 115 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: detective, whodunit, murder mystery · Also mystery and thriller
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.
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Se7en
1995 · Directed by David Fincher · 127 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: psychopath, detective, serial killer · Also mystery and thriller
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the…
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The Iceman
2012 · Directed by Ariel Vromen · 105 min6.6
Why you'll like itWith Ray Liotta · Shares: psychopath, serial killer
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man.
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Gone Girl
2014 · Directed by David Fincher · 149 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: psychological thriller, whodunit · Also mystery and thriller
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.
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Directed by Jonathan Demme · 119 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: psychopath, serial killer, psychological thriller
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for…
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I See You
2019 · Directed by Adam Randall · 98 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: detective, serial killer · Also thriller and mystery
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing at a local park, a detective investigates the case to help the boy's family find answers.
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Knives Out
2019 · Directed by Rian Johnson · 131 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: detective, whodunit, murder mystery
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate.
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Luther: The Fallen Sun
2023 · Directed by Jamie Payne · 129 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: detective, serial killer · Also mystery and thriller
A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break…