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Movies that feel like Everybody Knows (2018)

If you loved Everybody Knows, the closest films we have are Marshland (2014), The Girl in the Fog (2017) and Colors of Evil: Red (2024). All three share Everybody Knows' gritty and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

Laura, a Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires, returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her Argentinian husband and children. However, the trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.

πŸ… 78% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Asghar Farhadigrittytwistytenseromantic

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Marshland
2014 Β· dir. Alberto RodrΓ­guez
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.2crime Β· mystery Β· thriller

One thread runs through both: kidnapping

The difference: Missing the romance of Everybody Knows

The Spanish Deep South, 1980. A series of brutal murders of adolescent girls in a remote and forgotten town bring together two disparate characters – both detectives in the homicide division – to investigate the cases.

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The Girl in the Fog
2017 Β· dir. Donato Carrisi
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.8mystery Β· thriller Β· crime

The same mix in both: grit, then twists

A gripping and chilling thriller that brings us to a hazy mountain village where an enigmatic detective is investigating the sudden disappearance of fifteen-year-old girl.

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Colors of Evil: Red
2024 Β· dir. Adrian Panek
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.4crime Β· thriller Β· mystery

Both lean on tension more than on crime

When a girl's body is found on a beach in Poland's Tricity, a prosecutor teams up with the victim's mother on an impassioned quest for the truth.

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Bacurau
2019 Β· dir. Kleber MendonΓ§a Filho
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.3mystery Β· western Β· thriller

Mystery with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to western than Everybody Knows does

Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertΓ£o, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.

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The Imposter
2012 Β· dir. Bart Layton
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.4documentary Β· mystery Β· crime

The same preoccupation in both: kidnapping

In 1994, a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

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Drishyam
2015 Β· dir. Nishikant Kamat
πŸ… 75%β˜… 8.2mystery Β· thriller Β· drama

Thriller built on twists, twice over

When his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot.

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A Hard Day
2014 Β· dir. Kim Seong-hun
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.2crime Β· thriller Β· mystery

Tense crime in both cases

After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.

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The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
2014 Β· dir. Daniel Geller
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.7documentary Β· mystery Β· history

Gritty mystery, and it commits to that

Darwin meets Hitchcock in this documentary. Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have created a parable about the search for paradise, set in the brutal yet alluring landscape of the Galapagos Islands, which interweaves an unsolved 1930s murder mystery with stories of present day Galapagos pioneers. A gripping tale of idealistic dreams gone awry, featuring voice-over performances by Cate Blanchett, Diane Kruger, and Gustaf Skarsgard.

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A Haunting in Venice
2023 Β· dir. Kenneth Branagh
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.5mystery Β· thriller Β· crime

Romantic thriller, and it commits to that

Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween sΓ©ance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.

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Death on the Nile
2022 Β· dir. Kenneth Branagh
πŸ… 62%β˜… 6.3mystery Β· crime Β· thriller

Crime built on twists, twice over

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot's Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple's idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
2009 Β· dir. Daniel Alfredson
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.3action Β· thriller Β· crime

Tense mystery in both cases

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.

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Andhadhun
2018 Β· dir. Sriram Raghavan
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8.2crime Β· mystery Β· thriller

The same thriller instincts

A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him.

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