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Movies that feel like Gaslight (1944)

If you loved Gaslight, the closest films we have are The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933), And Then There Were None (1945) and Le Corbeau (1943). All three share Gaslight's twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

πŸ… 94% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. George Cukortensecontemplativetwistygrittyunsettling
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The Testament of Dr. Mabuse poster
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
1933 Β· dir. Fritz Lang
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.9crime Β· mystery Β· thriller

Both land tension and twists at once

The difference: None of the stillness Gaslight is built on

After a detective is assaulted by thugs and placed in an asylum run by Professor Baum, he observes the professor's preoccupation with another patient, the criminal genius Dr. Mabuse the hypnotist. When Mabuse's notes are found to be connected with a rash of recent crimes, Commissioner Lohmann must determine how Mabuse is communicating with the criminals, despite conflicting reports on the doctor's whereabouts, and capture him for good.

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And Then There Were None
1945 Β· dir. RenΓ© Clair
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.3crime Β· drama Β· mystery

Contemplative where it counts, gritty underneath

Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at each of the guests. Soon they start being murdered, one by one. As the survivors try to keep their wits, they reach a disturbing conclusion: one of them must be the killer.

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Le Corbeau
1943 Β· dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.8mystery Β· drama Β· thriller

Tense thriller in both cases

Remy Germain is a doctor in a French town who becomes the focus of a vicious smear campaign, as letters accusing him of having an affair and performing unlawful abortions are mailed to village leaders. The mysterious writer, who signs each letter as "Le Corbeau" (The Raven) soon targets the whole town, exposing everyone's dark secrets.

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In the Heat of the Night
1967 Β· dir. Norman Jewison
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.9crime Β· drama Β· mystery

One thread runs through both: murder

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 1960s show

African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.

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Blackmail
1929 Β· dir. Alfred Hitchcock
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.9drama Β· thriller Β· crime

Common ground: scotland yard

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.

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The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
1927 Β· dir. Alfred Hitchcock
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.3crime Β· thriller Β· mystery

Mystery built on twists, twice over

London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.

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

Both are built on the same subject: murder

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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Stray Dog
1949 Β· dir. Akira Kurosawa
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.8crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, crowded bus. Desperate to right the wrong, he goes undercover, scavenging Tokyo’s sweltering streets for the stray dog whose desperation has led him to a life of crime. With each step, cop and criminal’s lives become more intertwined and the investigation becomes an examination of Murakami’s own dark side.

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The Naked City
1948 Β· dir. Jules Dassin
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.5crime Β· mystery Β· thriller

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

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The Lady from Shanghai
1947 Β· dir. Orson Welles
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.5mystery Β· crime Β· thriller

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

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The Roaring Twenties
1939 Β· dir. Raoul Walsh
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.9crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Drama built on stillness, twice over

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

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I Walked with a Zombie
1943 Β· dir. Jacques Tourneur
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7mystery Β· horror Β· drama

The same preoccupation in both: psychological abuse

The difference: Leans harder into horror than Gaslight does

A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.

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